Nine terrorists killed in Algeria

Algeria’s army forces killed nine terrorists on Thursday in the border area between Ghardaia and Bechar (south of Algiers), Echorouk has learnt.

• The terrorists were killed as the army foiled an ambush set up by a terrorist group believed to be led by the so-called Yahia Djaouadi. A clash took place then as the army forces tightened the noise on the terrorists in the air and on land.
• According to other sources, more than 10 terrorists were killed and five Toyota Station cars were destroyed after helicopters had bombed them.
• Security forces recovered a considerable quantity of heavy war weapons and a number of Kalashnikovs.
• This comes after the army had been surrounding the area in coordination with air and land military forces.
• “Two terrorists of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) were killed last week in the province of El Bayadh,” a security official told Echorouk.
• “They came from Tizi Ouzou (100 km east of Algiers) and it is believed that they were working with the surrounded group,” he added.
• Security experts believe that the terrorist organisation adopted a new strategy to smuggle weapons outside big cities as the army is tightening the noise on terrorists in various areas.