Algiers - Algerian Muslim rebels killed 15 civilians, including two children and a woman, and wounded six on Saturday in the first massacre during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, residents and hospital sources said yesterday. They said the slaughter took place on a road near Sidi Madani village, about 50 km south of Algiers.
"They stopped a van and a car and then machine-gunned the passengers, killing 15 and wounding six others," said one resident.