Killing_of_Antar_Zouabri
On 8 February 2002, Antar Zouabri, leader of the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA), was killed at age 31 in a shootout with Algerian security forces in his hometown of Boufarik, 25 km south of Algiers.[1] As a result of this, the GIA was effectively immobilized and severely weakened.[2] Newspapers reported his death several times before, but this is the first time it was announced by the government.[3] This ended the Algerian Civil War which lasted since the Algerian legislative election on 26 December 1991.[4]
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