Algerian army 'kills jihadist
behind Herve Gourdel beheading'
Algeria's defence ministry says troops have killed the
leader of a jihadist militant group which kidnapped and beheaded French tourist
Herve Gourdel.
Abdelmalek Gouri and two associates were shot dead late on Monday in the
town of Isser, a statement said. His group, Jund al-Khilafa (Soldiers of the Caliphate), pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS) in mid-September.
Days later, it seized Mr Gourdel in the Djurdjura mountains and killed him in response to French air strikes on IS.
The Algerian army subsequently launched a major operation to track down members of Jund al-Khilafa, which has seen several of them killed.
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