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| Algeria postpones trial of April 11th bombing suspects |
| 2009-04-20 |
| [Maghrebia] An Algiers criminal court on Saturday (April 18th) postponed the terrorism trial for suspects in the deadly April 11th attack on a police station in the eastern Algiers suburb of Bab-Ezzouar, local press reported. Of the 57 defendants, 52 will be tried in absentia, including al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb leader Abdelmalek Droukdel. The trial will resume June 16th. The five men in custody reportedly revealed plans for other terror operations, including bomb attacks against the Embassy of Denmark and the national security chief, Colonel Ali Tounsi. In related news, Droukdel and 60 members of his organisation have begun negotiating a truce with security forces in Boumerdes, Tizi Ouzou, and Lakhdaria, El Khabar reported on Sunday. Reportedly, an intermediary was dispatched to the Kabylie region with letters addressed to Droukdel from repentant terrorist and former GSPC commander Hassan Hattab. |
| Posted by:Fred |