Recent information delivered by security services to El Khabar pointed out that the majority of plots of post December 11 suicide attacks executed by recently dismantled network, targeted assassinating Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem and Culture Minister Khalida Toumi, as well as bombing Presidency Headquarter and Foreign Affairs Ministry Building in addition to police offices in Algiers.Investigations started from initial remarks helped reaching the network that used to be commanded by Bouzegza Abderrahmane, the Emir of Farouk squad. Investigators remarks say terrorist groups have adopted a new method while focussing on recruiting “intellectuals,” like architects as well as mechanic and informatics engineers. The bombing plot was launched by the Emir of region II, namely Zohir Harek, alias Sofiane Fassila who was eliminated by security services before December 11 attacks, while being succeeded by Abdelmoumen Rachid. This latter has revived the terrorist project by appointing Bouzegza Abderahmane as the new Emir of Farouk squad, investigations said.
The same investigations disclosed that Bouzegza has penetrated to Algiers after the attacks while holding a meeting in Ain Naadja suburb, eastern Algiers, with the entrepreneurs who participated in buying the trucks being used in attacks. The meeting aimed to watch out for 12/11 December attacksÂ’media echoes and international reactions, while Bouzegza disclosed to his accomplices the new targets Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb intending to hit.
In this context, Bouzegza managed to get filming his future targets, including Presidency and Foreign Affairs Ministry headquarters, as well as National Gendarmerie office in Bab-Jdid, Algiers and the general direction of national security department in Hydra, Algiers. Terrorists further targeted to assassinate Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem and Culture Minister, Ms. Khalida Toumi; as well as many other plots against police officials. Investigators disclosed also that Bouzegza used to purchase equipments used in terrorist attacks through ransoms he got, from kidnapping operations as a financing method used by Bouzegza before being eliminated in last January 8.
In fact, 12/11suicide attacks were sponsored by ransoms that terrorists used to get from kidnapping rich people. Terrorists got 10 millions AD ransoms following kidnapping an entrepreneur, before getting later on 100 millions AD ransoms following releasing the brother of a millionaire in Lakhdaria, Boumerdès province.