Algerian forces dismantled two terrorist back-up cells in both Medea, west of Algiers, and Biskra, south of Algeria, as 28 persons have been arrested and weapons and medical equipment were seized, including antibiotics and narcotics kind “morphine”, which are used in pain relief.

• Local sources said that a repentant terrorist “Mohamed” also nicknamed “Abu Salama” recognised that he was active in the terrorist group “Protectors of the Salafist Preaching”. This information led to the dismantling of a terrorist back-up cell in the region and the arrest of 25 people, as one of them was a sheep grazer for camouflage, however, the security services found that the flock of sheep were bought by the terrorists in order gather information about the movements of the ANP troops in the region.