Algerian army kills 10 Qaeda militants: press reports
Security forces in Algeria have killed 10 militants presumed to be members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in separate operations, press reports on Saturday cited the defence ministry as saying.
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They said nine AQIM members including a chief named as Boubeker Zemmouri, 29, were killed by soldiers in a special operation at Jebel Djerrah in the Beni Amrane area of Boumerdes province, 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of Algiers.
Another militant was reported killed in a village in the same area in the operations which took place on Wednesday and Thursday, security sources quoted in the Liberte, Le Soir d'Algerie and El-Watan dailies said.
The official APS news agency said security forces also recovered Kalashnikov-type assault rifles, three semi-automatic rifles, two shotguns, ammunition and other equipment, including two solar panels.
The newspapers reported that the nine were members of a militant group called El-Arkam, one of the most active in central Algeria. There have been a steady trickle of arrests and killings of armed terrorists by the security forces recently.
Le Soir d'Algerie said the group had launched dozens of suicide attacks between 2007 and 2008.
APS quoted a defence ministry statement as saying the operation showed the army's "willingness and ability to anticipate the movements of terrorist groups and destroy them."
Another militant was reported killed in a village in the same area in the operations which took place on Wednesday and Thursday, security sources quoted in the Liberte, Le Soir d'Algerie and El-Watan dailies said.
The official APS news agency said security forces also recovered Kalashnikov-type assault rifles, three semi-automatic rifles, two shotguns, ammunition and other equipment, including two solar panels.
The newspapers reported that the nine were members of a militant group called El-Arkam, one of the most active in central Algeria. There have been a steady trickle of arrests and killings of armed terrorists by the security forces recently.
Le Soir d'Algerie said the group had launched dozens of suicide attacks between 2007 and 2008.
APS quoted a defence ministry statement as saying the operation showed the army's "willingness and ability to anticipate the movements of terrorist groups and destroy them."
Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Algerian-army-k...