Algeria: Second Kidnapping in one month

An armed group that may linked to Al-Qaeda in North Africa has kidnapped a contractor, Tuesday night, in the “Al-Arbea Nath Aarathn” town in the tribal region of Tizi Ouzou province, which is located about 100 km east of Algeria’s capital. A security source told “Arabstoday” that the victim "Rkaz Brahim", 45, was kidnapped while he was driving his ‘Hyundai’, which the gunmen also stole.  Meanwhile, it was reported that the Algerian army forces launched a combing operation and made wide search of those group, who had released, Sunday, the cardiologist Nasser Djellal after he spent 20 days in captivity with the kidnapers.