State Minister, Minister of Interior and Local authorities Tayeb Belaiz arrived Saturday morning in the province of Ouargla to enquire on the situation following  the clashes that took place Friday evening in the  outskirts of Touggourt between protestors and police forces.
During this visit, the state Minister is expected to offer his condolences to the families of the two killed and visit the injured, before holding a meeting with the local authorities.
Belaiz is accompanied by the general director of National security, Major General Abdelghani Hamel, general secretary of the Interior ministry and local authorities Ahmed Adli as well as officials of the same ministerial department.
Violent clashes broke out Friday evening in d’Daa El Baroud in the town of Nezla between demonstrators, protesting against the delays in the distributions of plots of lands for construction as well as the connection to drinking water, and the police forces, recalled the source.
The protests left two people dead and about twenty others injured, including members of the police forces, said sources from the province of Ouargla.