Medea (Algeria)

Type: City

Name: Medea (Algeria)

Country: Algeria

Latitude: 36.27

Longitude: 2.77

population: 147,710

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Armed Islamic Group

Confessions of GIA terrorists who killed Tibhirine's monks

PARIS (Algeria)- The French weekly magazine Marianne published in its last issue the exclusive confessions of former terrorists of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) who confirmed being involved in the direct assassination, on 21 May 1996, of the seven French ... [Published Algérie Presse Service - May 12 2013]

Entities: Armed Islamic Group, Terrorists, Medea (Algeria), Abduction, Assassination

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Algerian militants sentenced to death for mass killing

ALGIERS - An Algrian court on Sunday has handed death penalty to two militants charged of killing more than 500 people and raping more than 60 women, the local APS news agency reported.Magistrate of the Criminal Court of Algiers has sentenced Kouri Djillali ... [Published CHINAdaily - May 05 2013]

Entities: Algiers, Capital Punishment, Medea (Algeria)

First reported Apr 03 2013 - Updated Apr 03 2013 - 1 reports

Official survives terror attack in Algeria's Medea

ALGIERS, April 3 (Xinhua) -- A senior government official survived Wednesday a terror attack that targeted his convoy in Algeria's province of Medea, but one police officer was killed and four civilians were injured during the clashes, local media re ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Apr 03 2013]

Entities: Medea (Algeria), Acts of Terrorism, Algeria