THE five victims of a slaughter carried out by Islamist extremists on Friday night in the Algerian town of Bekhaitia were all children aged from five to 14, press reports said on Sunday. Security services had not given any details of the victims or the killings, which took place 200km from Algiers.Press reports said the children were looking after sheep on a day off from school.Their throats had been cut and they were gagged and had their hands tied behind their backs, the reports added.