[Maghrebia] A suicide bomb explosion killed a top Algerian army commander and an intelligence officer Wednesday night in Bejaia, El Watan reported on Thursday (January 14th). Security sources said Bejaia regional commander El Hadj Bouamama, a colonel from the DRS (Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité) and a local gendarme had pursued two terrorists to Allaghene after a nearby firefight. When the officers approached the wounded fighter to assess his condition, he detonated an explosive belt hidden under his clothes.Recent army operations in the area between Tizi Ouzou, Boumerdes, and Bouira have reportedly forced armed groups to retreat eastward towards the Bejaia region of Kabylie, ANSA noted on Thursday.