Algeria says its security forces opened fire after a group of jet skiers from Morocco ignored warning shots and refused to comply with orders to stop.
Algeria said Sunday its security forces had opened fire this week after a group of jet skiers from Morocco ignored warning shots and refused to comply with orders to stop.Algeria has released its first statement regarding three Moroccan jet skiers who were shot on Algerian watersLawyers for the two who were shot dead plan to file legal action in France
"After issuing an audible warning and ordering them to stop several times, the suspects refused to comply and fled." The statement said one body was recovered on Wednesday, "of an unidentified man with a gunshot wound".The defence ministry statement said people should "not pay attention to false information that aims to sully the honourable image of the Algerian forces".Reports from Morocco said French-Moroccan tourist Bilal Kissi, 29, and his Moroccan cousin Abdelali Mechouar, 40, were killed.
Sunday's statement from the defence ministry was the first official reaction from Algeria to Tuesday's incident.