Leader of "Katibet Tarik Ibn Ziad" eliminated in an ambush

Bejaia (Algeria)-According to concurring local sources in Bejaia, the terrorist eliminated in night from Monday to Tuesday in an ambush in “Sidi Aïch,” in the province of Bejaia, has been identified.

• It would be the named “Toufik Ghazi,” aka “Tahar,” Emir of “Katibet Tarik Ibn Ziad,” which activates directly under the command of Abdelmalek Droukdal, alias Abu Mosaab Abdelouadoud, the national emir of the terrorist organisation. The terrorist in question, who is also the chief bodyguard of the national emir, was killed in his own fiefdom.
  
  The operation was held after suspicious movements of terrorist groups have been recorded in the forest region, which was quickly surrounded by the forces of the national army, assisted by special units and GLD members. The clash resulted in the elimination of “Tahar,” who has been identified, according to local sources in Bejaia. His weapon, a Kalashnikov rifle, was recovered.
  
  This blow firmly given to terrorist groups comes at a time when a series of military operations targeting the heads of armed groups is carried out successfully by the army forces. Katibet Tarik ibn Ziad activates directly under the orders of Droukdal and enjoys power and immunity within the terrorist organization. It is responsible for establishing suicide operations and kidnappings in addition to ensuring the security of the national emir.
  
  According to the testimony of repentant, like the particular hairdresser of Droukdal, Katibet Tarik ibn Ziad leads the cell of suicide bombers and the kidnapping operations. “Tahar” would be, according to these testimonies, behind the recruitment of the suicide bomber Sahari Makhlouf, alias "Abu Meriem," who had committed the attack against the headquarters of general information security in Tizi Ouzou. Droukdal would have appointed Tahar responsible for overseeing this cell suicide after the death of Zoheir Harak, alias “Sofiane Fassila,” Emir of the second zone and head of the same cell.
  
  Droukdal had found great difficulty in replacing “Sofiane Fassila,” considered the "brains" of the terrorist organization. According to Khelifi Ali, alias “El Aouis,” Droukdal’s particular hairdresser, who surrendered to security services a month ago, and was part of Katibet Tarik Ibn Ziad, the latter lived in isolation on orders of Droukdal who feared infiltration.
  
  Tahar usually accompanied Droukdal in his travels in his capacity as head of the personal guard of the national emir. He had escaped death himself and Droukdal in an ambush that had been stretched by the forces of the Army and that resulted in the elimination of twelve terrorists from “Katibet Ennour” in the region of “Beni Douala,” according to the testimony of the particular hairdresser of Droukdal.
  
  Ennahar / Naila B