'Real boss' of Al-Qaeda wing killed
The second-in-command of Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing has been killed, according to newspaper reports in Algeria on 9 October.Hareg Zoheir was shot dead on 7 October by local military at a checkpoint in Tzizi Ouzou in the east of the country, said the country's major daily newspapers. Two other rebels were also killed in the gun battle.Zoheir was understood to be the deputy chief of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which grew out of the country's ...
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