Algerian press sources reported that gunmen killed four members of the security forces in the most recent acts of violence taking place in the country before the referendum regarding the pardon law by the end of September. The two Algerian dailies al-Watan" and Liberty said that gunmen believed to belong to the "Islamic group for call and fighting" killed two members of the self-defense citizens, citizens who were provided by the authorities with weapons in order to protect the civilians from the attacks, in Skikda province, east of the capital. The two papers added that the gunmen implanted an ambush for forces heading towards the site of the attack that resulted in killing one member of the national police forces and one member of the municipal guards and injuring other 4.
The Algerian security forces killed last Thursday two gunmen in Bani Farqan area in Jejil state, east Algeria. Since the beginning of the current month, at least 25 persons have been killed, 8 of them are policemen, according to Algerian press and official statistics. |