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| Africa: North |
| 6 dead in GSPC attack |
| 2005-04-03 |
| At least four soldiers and two Muslim gunmen were killed in separate incidents in Algeria during the past two days, reports said Saturday. French-language daily Le Soir D'Algerie said army troops and gunmen clashed Thursday in the province of Boumedras in eastern Algeria, while the army conducted a combing operation in the area when Muslim fighters are active. One gunman was killed and two other injured in the incident, while the remaining insurgents managed to flee. In another incident, a group of 40 gunmen ambushed an army convoy in the province of Tizi Ouzou, 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Algiers, killing three soldiers and wounding two others. The army launched a large-scale combing operation in the area following the attack, and destroyed several suspected hideouts used by the gunmen. In a third incident, a gunman and a soldier were killed in western Algeria when Islamists attacked an army patrol. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |