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ALGERIA-MILITANT-KILLING
4 militants killed in counterterrorism operation in Algeria
ALGIERS, July 31, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Algerian Defense Ministry on Tuesday
said its counterterrorism troops killed four militants in an ongoing
operation in the northeastern province of Skikda.
A two-day wide scale operation was carried out in the dense woods of the
locality of Azzaba in the upper mountains of Skikda, 400 km east of Algiers.
The troops also retrieved three Kalashnikov machine guns, a semi-automatic
rifle and a quantity of ammunition, the ministry said.
Some local media reported that a number of soldiers were injured during
the operation and were rushed to hospital.
Remnants of terrorist groups, linked in particular to al-Qaida in the
Islamic Maghreb, are still present in the mountains and forests of
northeastern Algeria.
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