Algeria terror attacks claim 7
30/01/2007 12:50  - (SA)  

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Algiers - Seven people were killed, five of them soldiers, in separate attacks by terrorist groups in Algeria for a 48-hour period, said reports on Tuesday.

Four soldiers and a local policeman were killed early on Monday in a mortar attack on a military base at Batna, 435km east of the capital, Algiers.

In the ensuing reprisal, Algerian troops killed about 10 members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, a terrorist group associated with al-Qaeda, in a sweeping operation in the region around Batna.

In addition, one Algerian soldier was killed and another injured during a battle with suspected Islamist terrorists at Ain Kechra, about 550km east of Algiers.

In related news, a former fighter for Algerian independence was found dead at a fake military roadblock erected by Islamic insurgents at Boumerdes, 50km east of Algiers.

Sapa-dpa

 

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