location: Si Mustapha
notes: Three civilians were killed by a group of armed men in the eastern Algerian town of Si Mustapha, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Algiers. The victims were part of a civilian militia, called 'patriots', who, are only lightly armed and poorly trained in self-defense; but were unarmed and off-duty at the time of the attack according to Le Matin newspaper.
target_text: location: Si Mustapha, fatalities: 3