| Algerian militants believed to belong to an al Qaeda-inspired group shot dead three members of the same family near the capital Algiers, security sources said on Wednesday. The rebels, believed to be members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), carried out the attack in the small town of Khraissia late on Tuesday night, 15 km (9 miles) west of Algiers. Initial reports said seven civilians had been killed. "The terrorists killed the father and his two daughters. The third daughter, a two-year-old baby, was injured but she is still alive," one source said. |