Tizi Ouzou’s security commission attributed abductions carried out last month in the area to the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC). Five businessmen were abducted for a ransom in return of their release. The fifth abduction occurred last weekend in Larbâa Nathirathen. Even if responsibility was not claimed by the Salafist Group, investigations lead to it. Most of the abducted people released after their relatives paid a ransom confirmed they dealt with terrorists.The first abducted was the owner of a pub in Iflisene (Tizi Ouzou). His abduction occurred late December 2005. The second was an owner of a nightclub in Tigzirt. Haddad Public works Group owner’s brother was then kidnapped. In Draa Benkhedda, a printing business owner “El Aures” was released in return for a ransom of one billion centimes. The last was an entrepreneur in Larbâa Nathirathen, who was kidnapped last week to be the fifth business to be targeted in the region.