The Islamic terror attack by an illegal immigrant from the former colony further entrenches bitter diplomatic relations.
When, once again, innocent French people were attacked by yet another knife-wielding North African, the country’s shock and sorrow soon gave way to anger at the suspect’s native country, Algeria. France was still reeling from the killing spree of Brahim Abdessemed in the Alsatian town of Mulhouse on Feb. 22, when its minister of the interior, Bruno Retailleau, had the unenviable task of informing the nation that he and his predecessor had vainly tried to extradite the man to Algeria no fewer than fourteen times.
