Algerian Islamic rebels kill four people
ALGIERS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Algerian Islamic militants killed four civilians in the latest attack since voters overwhelmingly backed a partial amnesty for rebels three months ago, authorities said on Sunday.
The victims, who worked for a state water company, were killed on Saturday in the southwestern province of Tissemsilt, some 340 km (211 miles) from the capital Algiers, their company Algerienne des eaux said in a statement.
It did not eleborate on the attack, which came after Algerians on Sept. 29 approved a partial amnesty for militants fighting for a purist Islamic state, in a bid to end more than a decade of civil war that cost the lives of an estimated 150,000 people.
Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), Algeria's largest outlawed Islamic militant group with suspected ties to al Qaeda, rejected the government offer, according to an Internet statement.
But attacks have sharply fallen in recent weeks.
The victims, who worked for a state water company, were killed on Saturday in the southwestern province of Tissemsilt, some 340 km (211 miles) from the capital Algiers, their company Algerienne des eaux said in a statement.
It did not eleborate on the attack, which came after Algerians on Sept. 29 approved a partial amnesty for militants fighting for a purist Islamic state, in a bid to end more than a decade of civil war that cost the lives of an estimated 150,000 people.
Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), Algeria's largest outlawed Islamic militant group with suspected ties to al Qaeda, rejected the government offer, according to an Internet statement.
But attacks have sharply fallen in recent weeks.
posted by Marko at 1/08/2006 09:20:00 AM
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