Algeria: three guards killed in an Islamist attack west of Algiers
Algiers - Three communal guards were killed on Sunday in the region of Tipaza (70 km west of Algiers), in a terrorist attack, a term used in Algeria for an attack by armed Islamist groups, said a security source quoted by news agency APS.
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The three communal guards were killed as they were about to go home after completing their work, said the source who did not give any indication of the circumstances of the attack.
The municipal guard corps, consisting of some 90,000 men, was created in 1994 to supplement the police in the villages during the war against armed Islamist groups.
Violence attributed to armed Islamists have significantly declined in recent years in Algeria but groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) remain active in Kabylia (110 km east of Algiers), in the department closest to Algiers and the south.
Security forces are conducting a struggle against these groups which regularly attack barracks and other law enforcement sites.
The most violent Islamist attack took place in mid-January against the Tigentourine gas site , 1,300 km southeast of Algiers.
This unprecedented attack in the history of jihadist attacks in Algeria ended tragically with the death of 37 foreigners and an Algerian, held hostage by Islamists, three of whom were arrested and others killed.
During the 1990s, Algeria experienced a black decade of fighting between armed Islamists and soldiers which killed some 200,000 people, according to official estimates.
The municipal guard corps, consisting of some 90,000 men, was created in 1994 to supplement the police in the villages during the war against armed Islamist groups.
Violence attributed to armed Islamists have significantly declined in recent years in Algeria but groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) remain active in Kabylia (110 km east of Algiers), in the department closest to Algiers and the south.
Security forces are conducting a struggle against these groups which regularly attack barracks and other law enforcement sites.
The most violent Islamist attack took place in mid-January against the Tigentourine gas site , 1,300 km southeast of Algiers.
This unprecedented attack in the history of jihadist attacks in Algeria ended tragically with the death of 37 foreigners and an Algerian, held hostage by Islamists, three of whom were arrested and others killed.
During the 1990s, Algeria experienced a black decade of fighting between armed Islamists and soldiers which killed some 200,000 people, according to official estimates.
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