The killers of a medical student slashed his throat and wrote 'he's gay' in his blood across the wall of his dorm room.

Assil Belalta was found dead at his student residence at University City in Ben Aknoun, just outside Algiers, Algeria, on Sunday.

The 21-year-old has his throat cut in what has been reported as a homophobic killing by two attackers who then stole his car.

According to local media, the junior medical student was followed into his room at the Taleb Abderrahmane campus by his killers who then left him for dead after smearing his blood on the wall.

Alouen, an LGBT rights group, claimed in a Facebook post that the murder was fuelled by the Algerian government's anti-gay views.

Medical student Assil Belalta (left) was found dead at his student residence (right taped off by police) in Algiers with his throat cut

The killers wrote 'he's gay' across Mr Belalta's student dorm room walls after slashing his throat

Homosexuality has been illegal in the Islamic county since 1966 under Sharia Law, which can lead to punishments of fines or up to two years in jail.

Describing the murder as a 'homophobic hate crime' and 'a vile act', Alouen (or Colours in English) wrote on social media on Monday: 'This institutional and state homophobia is becoming commonplace.

'And inciting hatred against sexual minorities in Algeria is becoming commonplace for buzz and populism.

'Political leaders as well as some homophobic media are the real culprits of this homophobic crime that shook the campus yesterday.'

It has been reported in the Algerian media that Mr Belalta's could have been bisexual as he wrote on his Facebook page that he was 'interested in men and women'.

Police and paramedics outside the Taleb Abderrahmane campus where Mr Belalta was killed

The morning after the killing, several hundred students stood outside the Faculty of Medicine to hold a minute's silence in honour of Mr Belalta and some formed a human chain around the building, Algerian news site Dernieres Infos D'Algerie reported.

According to the newspaper, Tahar Hadjar, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, went to the scene of the murder and met with students.

Some Algerian social media posts have questioned the campus security amid growing concerns for safety, Algerian newspaper Le Matin reports.