ALGIERS - Algerian militants, suspected of ties to Al Qaeda, have killed two soldiers and wounded 11 others in the latest attacks on the authorities, newspapers reported on Tuesday.A soldier died and eight others were wounded on Monday in a bomb explosion believed to have been planted by the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in the Boumerdes province, some 50 km (30 miles) east of Algiers, Liberte newspaper said. Another soldier was killed and three more were wounded on Sunday when suspected militants attacked a military convoy during a search operation in the area, newspapers said.
Authorities were not available for comment. The attacks came only days after reports that six Yemeni students were arrested in the east of the country on suspicion of belonging to an unnamed Al Qaeda-linked network.