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Bomb kills five Algerian security men
[Iran Press TV] At least five security personnel have been killed and four others maimed by a roadside  kaboom in Algeria's northern province of Ain Defla.The attack happened at around 10:30 a.m. local time (0930 GMT) on Thursday when their patrol vehicle set off a roadside kaboom near Oued Djemaa town of the province, located 140 kilometers (87 miles) southwest of the capital Algiers, a Press TV correspondent reported. The corpses as well as those injured in the blast were transferred to the main hospital in Khemis Miliana town. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) faceless myrmidons are suspected to be behind the attack. The blast came a day after two gendarmes were killed and another was injured when their car struck a roadside kaboom in Bordj Menaniel district of corpse-littered Boumerdes province, situated about 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Algiers. Two weeks ago, 14 Algerian soldiers died after they were ambushed by AQIM faceless myrmidons in the country's northeastern region of Kabylie. In recent years, the Sahara region has seen a dramatic increase in the activities of smugglers and faceless myrmidons linked to AQIM, who have grabbed credit for several attacks on Algerian government forces and foreigners. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-29 |
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