Renewed clashes between Algeria's Arabs and Berbers in the country's south left at least 35 people wounded Monday, according to Agence France Presse.
Medical sources reported that out of the 35 wounded in the southern town of Ghardaia, 17 were police authorities.
This latest round of fighting between the Arab Chaambas and the Berber Mozabites began late Saturday.
Tensions between the two groups began to rise last December after a historic Berber shrine was destroyed, and many homes and shops have also been damaged in the town that is considered a UNESCO world heritage site.
More than 10,000 police authorities have been deployed to the town in an effort to ensure order, but daily life has largely been interrupted, with even schools closing their doors at the end of the students' spring break, according to witnesses in the town.
According to one "prominent" Mozabite Mohamed Tounsi, the situation in Ghardaia has become "unmanageable" with "each community keeping to its own."
The Mozabites and Chambas had previously coexisted in the town peacefully for years.
