Algerian Army Kills Three Islamist Militants
Soldiers killed three Islamist militants and seized guns and explosives southwest of the Algerian capital on Tuesday, the defense ministry said.
"During anti-terrorist operations, an army unit killed three terrorists today after an attempted ambush in the Tagrara area" 150 kilometers (90 miles) from Algiers, it said in a statement.
The ministry said two Kalashnikov assault rifles and a large quantity of ammunition and explosives was also recovered.
Violence involving armed Islamists in Algeria has fallen considerably since the civil war of the 1990s, but groups linked to Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb still carry out some attacks, mostly on security forces.
The Algerian army says more than 100 armed Islamists were killed in 2014.
Source: Agence France Presse
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