Algerian security forces killed and wounded Muslim militants and destroyed several arms caches for Islamic groups in eastern Algeria, sources said Thursday. The security sources said government forces clashed with a group of Muslim gunmen Wednesday night in the center of the city of Shalaf, 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Algiers and was able to kill one, wound another and capture two others. The forces also confiscated the gunmen's arms and communications equipment. In a related incident, the army destroyed 12 arms caches for Islamic groups in the province of Boueira in eastern Algeria during a large-scale combing operation in the area.