People gather outside the Palace of the People during the funeral of Algeria's military chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah in Algiers, Algeria December 25, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Thousands of Algerians gathered on Wednesday for the funeral procession of the country's powerful army chief, who fought for independence from France as a young man and this year became the country's de facto leader.
Lieutenant general Ahmed Gaed Salah died suddenly of a heart attack on Monday aged 79, having determined the secretive state's response to mass protests throughout this year calling for a wholesale change of the ruling elite.
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