Algeria: ANP forces kill eight terrorists in Kabylia region

Troops of the National Popular Army (ANP) killed eight terrorists in the Kabylie region, where Al Qaeda-linked groups remain active, the official APS agency reported Wednesday, updating an earlier toll of six.

• ANP soldiers opened fire on a van carrying suspects near Tizi Ouzou, the main city in Kabylia, APS said, quoting a senior security official. The van veered off the road and crashed into a ravine.

• The security forces recovered five assault rifles and two shotguns after the operation that left five terrorists dead late Tuesday, the source added.

• ANP forces killed three further suspects on Wednesday and captured one more.

• ANP troops continued to comb the area for remaining members of the terrorist cell, believed to be responsible for a June 15 attack on a police station in a nearby town that left two police officers dead.

• Soldiers earlier killed six terrorists with suspected ties to Al Qaeda in the same eastern region on June 5.

• DGSN police chief, Major-General Abdelghani Hamel, told a press conference last month that “the terrorist threat remains in all regions of Algeria”.