Algeria to Allow French Judge to Pursue Tibhérine Monks Murder Inquiry

A French anti-terrorist investigator is likely to travel to Algeria next month to look into suspicions that seven French Roman Catholic monks were accidentally killed by the Algerian army and not by armed Islamists, as previously believed. The news came after President Francois Hollande met the monks' families on Thursday.

The Algerian authorities have indicated that investigating magistrate Marc Trévidic can go to Algeria for a "preparatory meeting" in the second half of November, Hollande told the 18 family members.

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