Algeria border guards kills Moroccan shepherd

An 18-year old Moroccan shepherd was shot dead Sunday by Algerian border guards near the sea resort of Saidia (eastern Morocco), reports Moroccan daily "Al-Ittihad Al-Ichtiraki."

The victim was grazing his herd in the Moroccan territory when the Algerian border guards shot him.

According to two eyewitnesses, the Algerian border guards entered the Moroccan territory to try to take the body of the young man but were prevented from doing so.