Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 26

29-Jun-2009

ALGERIA

AQIM Attacks Chinese Workers Security Convey

Gunmen ambushed an Algerian security convoy escorting Chinese construction workers in the Bordj Bou Arreridj province, around 180km east of the capital, killing at least 18 policemen and one of the Chinese workers in what is being described as the deadliest attack in Algeria since August 2008. Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the attack, which it said killed...