Bag Guys Insurgents ambushed an Algerian military convoy in eastern Algeria Wednesday night, killing at least 10 soldiers and wounding 45 others, medical officials said. It was the deadliest such attack this year. The attack was apparently carried out by the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, or GSPC, which is known to operate in the region, some 160 miles east of Algiers. The group is thought to have links to al-Qaida. Algeria's official APS news agency reported the attack, but provided no casualty figures. The military convoy was returning from a clean-up operation when it was set upon in a surprise attack by an armed group, witnesses said. The injured, some of them in serious condition, were taken to several hospitals, including the military hospital of Algiers, the medical officials said. Military trucks rushed to the site of the attack near Beni Ksila, in the Bejaia region, which borders the Mediterranean. A similar ambush killed seven soldiers in February, in approximately the same location. |