Algerian forces: 5 dead in clash with militants
February 20, 2012 19:05 GMT
By AOMAR OUALI Associated Press
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- An Algerian security official says Algerian
forces surrounded and killed four Islamist militants implicated in a roadside
bomb attack a day earlier.
The official said the militants were shot dead Monday in the Beni Khelifa
forest in the district of Boumerdes, some 30 miles (45 kilometers) from the
capital of Algiers. One soldier died from the operation.
The official said security forces were alerted to the militants by
villagers, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized
to speak to the press.
On Sunday, a roadside bomb detonated near a military convoy in the area,
killing four civilians and wounding 19.
Algeria is battling the local branch of al-Qaida.
February 20, 2012 19:05 GMT
By AOMAR OUALI Associated Press
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- An Algerian security official says Algerian
forces surrounded and killed four Islamist militants implicated in a roadside
bomb attack a day earlier.
The official said the militants were shot dead Monday in the Beni Khelifa
forest in the district of Boumerdes, some 30 miles (45 kilometers) from the
capital of Algiers. One soldier died from the operation.
The official said security forces were alerted to the militants by
villagers, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized
to speak to the press.
On Sunday, a roadside bomb detonated near a military convoy in the area,
killing four civilians and wounding 19.
Algeria is battling the local branch of al-Qaida.
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