Violence continues in Algeria

The Algerian dailies published on Monday said that Algerian gunmen, some of them disguised as policemen, killed nine persons at false roadblocks near the capital, Algiers.

The Algerian daily al-Youm said that two persons were killed by the gunmen at a fake barrier in Zeraa al-Mizan district in Tizi Ouzou province, eastern Algeria. The paper indicated that two members of the municipal guard were killed following clashes with the armed groups near al-Zararis village in Bouira province, adding that two gunmen were killed during the confrontation.

For its part, the Algerian daily al-Aseel said one policeman was killed after being kidnapped at a false barrier between al-Qalaa municipality in Gleizan province and al-Burj department in Mascara province.

Liberty and Le Matin, two French-language dailies, said that some 100 gunmen stopped cars on Sunday near Zeraa al-Mizan town, in eastern Algiers and killed nine of the cars' passengers.

Le Matin said the gunmen clashed with pro-government forces on Saturday in a village in Bouira district, eastern Algeria.