WORLD / Africa
Mastermind of terrorist attacks killed in Algeria
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-03 01:34
ALGIERS- Sid Ali Rachid, also known as Ali Dix, who is suspected to have
been the mastermind behind the suicide attack that was perpetrated
against the office of the Algerian prime minister on April 11, 2007, has
been killed by security forces, the local press reported Thursday.
Rachid was killed together with one of his closest associates last Monday
in an ambush laid by a crack unit of the Algerian army, according to the
Algerian daily "El Watan."
His associate was killed on the spot while Rachid is reported to have
succumbed to his injuries after the shoot out, according to the daily.
Born in Lakhdaria, about 120 km southeast of Algiers, the 34- year-old
Rachid was a very influential figure within the " Organization of
Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb," formerly the Salafist Group for Combat and
Preaching, which is the main terrorist grouping operating in Algeria.
Rachid, who is thought to have masterminded the two near simultaneous
attacks that killed about 30 people and injured further 220 in Algiers on
April 11, 2007, is also suspected to have been behind the recent suicide
attack that left at least eight soldiers dead at a military base in
Lakhdaria.
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