17862195 The son of Algerian Islamist leader killed in shootout with police
In Algeria, in a shootout with police killed militant local branch of "Al Qaeda" Abdelkahar Belhadzh (Abdelkahar Belhadj), who was the son of one of the leaders of the country's banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). This was July 28 with reference to the official statement of the authorities reported Agence France-Presse. According to sources in government circles, Belhadzh died in the explosion of his car that shot trying to stop its security forces. With him in the car were two other militants, one of which was the suicide bomber's belt. It is reported that as a result of the operation have also suffered three soldiers. Previously, local media claimed that he undermined Belhadzh on his belt bomber when he was in the environment of representatives of power structures. The authorities believe that the aim of the militants were a terrorist attack in the capital, Algiers. The terrorists were eliminated on Monday, July 25. The finding that DNA tests confirmed the finding of them Abdelkahara Belhadi appeared in local newspapers two days later. The Algerian authorities have confirmed this information only on Thursday, July 28. Abdelkahar Belhadzh, born in 1988, was the son of Ali Belhadzha (Ali Belhadj), the second person in the hierarchy of Islamic Salvation Front, a radical political party activity is banned in Algeria. In 1991, opposition to FIS and the official Algerian authorities resulted in a civil war that lasted over ten years and killed over a hundred thousand people. Abdelkahar Belhadzh lost sight of the Algerian authorities in 2006. His father has accused security forces of Algeria in his abduction, but officials have denied the allegations. In 2009, Abdelkahar was sentenced to death for involvement in terrorist attacks.
