Two terrorists were condemned to death by the Criminal Tribunal of Constantine, in the east of Algeria, according to the leading Algerian daily newspaper, La Tribune. Other terrorists have been condemned to long prison sentences. The death sentence was given because the accused are said to have set up armed terrorist group to inflict maximum death and destruction.
Algerian security officials have launched a concerted campaign recently that has resulted in the arrest of the head of the notorious GIA group, Boudiafi Noureddine, at the beginning of November 2004.
