Army forces eliminated last week-end eight terrorists in Yakouren forest in Tizi Ouzou wilaya, during raking operations led after the last week terrorist attack on a gendarmerie headquarters in the region. Moreover, joint security forces killed three terrorists 8km southern west Larhat locality in Tipaza wilaya during clashes between the terrorist group and security forces.Yakouren forests in Tizi Ouzou are still being swept, where 8 terrorists have been eliminated by army forces within two days, and sources talk about the arrest of a wounded terrorist. Another source revealed the surrender of 4 terrorists who may have told security services that the former Islamic Salvation Front FIS chief right hand man Ali Ben Hadj's son is among the group besieged. The information we could not make sure of because of the tight security surrounding of the sweep operation in the area.
As for Tipaza security operation, preliminary information from local sources mention that the terrorist group tried to blackmail citizens to enter in a clash with joint security forces who outmaneuvered the terrorist group attempts killing thus three of them while the others fled.