Police and protesters clash in a suburb of the Algerian capital.<br/> <br />Residents here are angry at authorities, accusing them of failing to properly investigate the murder of a local man.<br/> <br />Security forces used water cannon and tear gas in an effort to disperse the protesters.<br/> <br />Residents fought back with rocks and petrol bombs.<br/> <br />The father of the victim who was stabbed to death says that authorities failed to prosecute the killer because he's from a well-connected family.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FATHER OF STABBING VICTIM NOUREDINE AIT OUARETH:<br/> <br />"He has to pay, they must arrest him because he is well known, he is rich, that's all we are asking - the government to do its job and arrest him, he must pay. And it's not us who caused this mess but the officials, this is unacceptable, I only ask them to put in jail those who killed my son."<br/> <br />Protests and rioting have become a regular occurrence in Algeria, a country with many of the same problems that sparked revolts in several of its neighbours.<br/> <br />The unrest has so far been localised and uncoordinated, but analysts say such clashes could swell into a national movement.<br/> <br />Simon Hanna, Reuters.
