Algerian security forces on high alert ahead of Ramadan

The Algerian security forces are strengthening security on the axis stretching across the provinces of Bouira, Algiers and Tizi Ouzou ( central parts of the country) ahead of the starting of Ramadan, holly moth of fasting.

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• This exceptional operation is designed to secure these particularly, sensitive, areas with the deployment of 15 thousand troops backed by other security forces scattered across the streets, sensitive official buildings.
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• The major routes linking Algiers to the eastern provinces are cordoned off and several checkpoints were set up to enable a thorough police check of the vehicles coming in and out in addition to the identity of the passengers.
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• These security measures came after the revelation made by repentant who was about to carry out a suicide attack in the region but fled and surrendered to the security forces, reliable sources have revealed.
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• The terrorist was summoned by the leader of the terrorist organization Salafit Group for Preach and Combat, Abdelmalek Droudkell to carry out a terror act during the holly month of Ramadan, it said.
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• The last terrorist act perpetrated against the national gendarmerie premises in the region of Ait Aissi ( Tizi Ouzou) which left one dead was a failed attempt to spread terror among the population and proves that the terrorists are losing ground and their actions are desperate.