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2 Algerians killed in GSPC attacks
Two members of Algeria's security forces were killed on Tuesday in separate bomb attacks blamed on suspected Islamic rebels, newspaper El Youm said on Wednesday. One soldier died when a home-made bomb exploded during a search for militants in the region of Bouira, 120 km (75 miles) southeast of the capital Algiers. A guard died in a separate blast in the mountains of the eastern province of Tebassa. The Interior Ministry was not immediately available for comment. The slayings bore the hallmarks of the al Qaeda-aligned Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) and came only days after the killing of a soldier and a policeman in the restive province of Boumerdes, 50 km (30 miles) east of Algiers.Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-08-21 |
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