The Algerian coast guard shot two tourists dead and arrested a third after the group accidentally entered their waters from Morocco on jet skis during their holiday.
Four tourists of French-Moroccan dual nationality set off from a Moroccan resort in the town of Saidia and “got lost” on the open waters until they found themselves in Algeria, one of the surviving members told the AFP.
“We knew we were in Algeria, because a black Algerian dinghy came towards us,” Mohamed Kissi, brother of one of the deceased, explained. The coast guard opened fire, killing Kissi’s brother Bilal and their friend.