Feb 23, 2011
ALGIERS, Algeria — The head of communications for the Algerian police says officers who beat up two student protesters at a recent demonstration will be punished.
Djilali Boudalia says there were "no instructions to use force" against students protesting Sunday in front of the Ministry of Higher Education in the capital, Algiers.
He said Wednesday the officers involved could face criminal proceedings.
Tensions are high in this North African country since last month's ouster of the autocratic president in neighboring Tunisia and uprisings in Egypt and Libya, which shares a border with Algeria.
Massive police deployments largely quashed two pro-reform marches in Algiers earlier this month.
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