A man places a candle near a banner as people pay tribute to Herve Gourdel, a French mountain guide who was beheaded by an Algerian Islamist group, in Lyon September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Robert Pratta
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's military has killed a militant involved in the abduction and beheading of French tourist Herve Gourdel in September, Justice Minister Tayeb Louh said on Wednesday.
The Caliphate Soldiers, a splinter group which has allied itself to Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for Gourdel's killing, saying it was in retaliation for France's intervention in Iraq.
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