| Two security forces and a Muslim gunman were killed in a clash in western Algeria in the latest violence in the Arab country, reports said Tuesday. The French-language daily Liberte quoted security sources as saying a local police patrol clashed with a group of gunmen in the province of Ghlisan, 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of Algiers, Monday night, resulting in the killing of two policemen and a militant. In another incident, army troops exchanged fire with Muslim gunmen in the region of al-Nasiriya, east of Algiers last week, without causing casualties. But the army was able to dismantle road bombs and explosive charges planted by the militants in the area, security sources said. |