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Algerian security forces kill 22 presumed Islamic rebels
Algiers - Algerian security forces have killed 22 suspected members of an Islamic terrorist group believed responsible for a suicide bombing last month that targeted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerian media reported Monday. The operation was carried out Thursday and Friday of last week against elements of the group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in the vicinity of the cities of Biskra and Batna, south-east of the capital Algiers. According to press reports based on security service sources, the information as to the location of the group was provided by some of the 11 people arrested on suspicion of having participated in the September 6 bombing in Batna, in which 14 people died and more than 60 were reported injured. The bomber apparently targeted Bouteflika, who was expected in Batna, but panicked and set off the explosives in a crowd that had gathered to welcome the president. Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-10-09 |
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