Jihadist suspects go on trial in Algeria over murder of French hiker Hervé Gourdel

Algerian court delays trial of jihadist suspects in French hiker’s murder
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04/02/2021 - 09:54
Herve Gourdel, 55, was abducted on September 21, 2014, while hiking in Algeria's Djurdjura National Park. © Valéry Hache, AFP
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The trial of fourteen suspects in the 2014 beheading of French mountaineer Hervé Gourdel has been postponed until February 18, a court in Algiers ruled on Thursday, citing the main suspect's poor health.
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Herve Gourdel, 55, was abducted on September 21, 2014 while hiking in Djurdjura National Park in the Kabylie region, a popular destination for hikers that has long been a sanctuary for jihadists.
Three days after he disappeared, gunmen from militant group Jund al-Khilafa published a video of his gruesome killing.

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