Scenes from a civil war?

Sophie — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:44:00 +0200

This amateur footage was shot in Oran on Monday. It's no civil war - these rioters are supporters of a local football club, Mouloudia, which just found out that their team will be relegated to the country's second division next season for the first time in 42 years. The chaos lasted for three days while the city's youth looted shops and vandalised public buildings and cars. Seventy police officers were injured in attempts to restrain the hooligans.

Algerians react to attacks

Julien — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:21:31 +0100

The Algerian capital was rocked by two car-bomb attacks yesterday morning, leaving around sixty dead (hospital source), and the Algerian people dismayed. One of them, who now lives in France, filmed himself with a message to the terrorists which he posted on YouTube: ‘I'm Muslim, don't kill in my name!'

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