Tizi Ouzou citizens rally against terrorism

2010-11-18

Algerian citizens will hold a rally and general strike in Freha on November 20th to protest the new outbreak of terrorist violence and organized crime in Tizi Ouzou province, El Watan reported on Thursday (November 18th). The call for the Freha protest followed a young man's abduction in Aghribs last week-end. The victim, identified by rally organizers as an "unemployed father of a child", vanished from a fake roadblock during a failed attempt to kidnap his businessman cousin. "The mobilization will continue and intensify until the release of our brother," said a press release from the "crisis cell" set up to free the young kidnap victim.

On the first day of Eid al-Adha, hundreds of citizens drove a caravan through the region's forests to demand the unconditional release of the hostage. Other actions may follow the protest on Saturday, organizers said. Last July, a similar Freha protest rally led to the release of a young entrepreneur.

In other security news, three gendarmes were injured Tuesday in Lakhdaria when their car hit a roadside bomb. Another bomb explosion Tuesday injured an ANP sergeant near Sidi Bel Abbès. He was participating in a sweep operation that followed an armed attack on a farm in Tagouraya.

Source: Magharebia.com.
Link: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2010/11/18/newsbrief-01.