Algeria police chief killed

The chief of Algeria\'s national police force, Ali Tounsi, has been shot dead in the capital, Algiers.



Officials say he was killed by a colleague during a regular morning meeting in the police headquarters in front of several witnesses.



According to the Interior Ministry the alleged killer was seized with what it described as an attack of madness.



The attacker then shot himself.



The ministry said he’s now in hospital with severe injuries.



A judicial inquiry into the circumstances of the shooting has been opened.



There has been no indication of a link to Islamist militants, who have periodically attacked government targets.