Algeria / ANP forces subject terrorist hide-outs in Jijel Mountains to heavy pounding.

Terrorist hide-outs in the mountains of Bouhniche in Jijel province in eastern Algeria have been subjected, over the past few days, to an intense pounding by troops of the National Popular Army.

• The ANP forces launched a large – scale combing operation there after the killing of a senior army officer and 2 soldiers in an ambush laid by a terrorist group earlier this week in the Jijel region.
• The Army troops got information about the movement of terrorist gangs in the area and went resolutely on the offensive by combing all the nearby mountains.
• Several helicopter-gunships were used in the Army’s heavy pounding.
• There has been so far no official indication as to the outcome of this anti – terrorist combing operation, which is still underway.