So my father tried to get the police on the phone, but perhaps terrified by the rising tide of armed extremism that had already claimed the lives of so many Algerian officers, they didn't even answer.
O meu pai tentou ligar para a polícia mas, talvez aterrorizados  pela maré crescente do extremismo armado  que já tinha reclamado as vidas de tantos oficiais argelinos, eles nem sequer atendiam.