Five gendarmes killed in Algeria

Five gendarmes were killed in a terrorist attack on Wednesday in the district of Oueld Antar in Medea (120 km southwest of Algiers).

• Witnessed said the terrorists who were in military uniforms set up a fake roadblock on the route 500 metres of communal guards station.
• “We though they were from the army before starting shooting two cars of the National Gendarmerie forces,” says a witness.
• The terrorists took the gendarmes’ weapons and run away to a nearby forest which is now under a large-scale military operation.
• According to a shocked witness, the terrorists surprised the victims and repeated the word ‘Qaeda.’
• Residents condemned the attack and an expressed fear over potential escalation of terrorist attacks in the area with has witnessed security stability for many years.
• An officer believes that terrorists were trying to collect weapons.
• A few months ago, terrorists in military uniform killed 7 soldiers.