Cheb Hasni, one of Algeria’s leading pop stars, was shot and killed Thursday in the western city of Oran, four days after another singer was kidnapped by suspected Islamic militants, authorities said.

Cheb Hasni (الشاب حسني), whose real name Hasni Chakroun (شقرون حسني), is an Algerian raï singer, nicknamed the "Rossignol du Raï", he was born on February 1, 1968 in Oran, Algeria, and died on the 29 ...