France on Friday confirmed one of its citizens had been killed in Algeria, a day after media reports said two tourists were shot dead by coastguards when they strayed across the maritime border with Morocco.
Moroccan media reported Thursday that two French-Moroccans had been killed after straying across the border into Algerian waters on jet skis, near the popular Moroccan beach resort of Saida.
The reported incident came as tensions are high between Rabat and Algiers, stoked by a long-running dispute over the Western Sahara territory.
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