(KUNA) -- The Algerian military said Friday they shot dead four militants east of the capital city Algiers. The four men belong to Al-Qaeda Organization in in the Islamic Maghreb, formerly known as the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), according to a police source. One of the four terrorist was killed in a crackdown in Shu'batul-Amer, Boumerdes, some 62 km east of Algiers, the source said. Another one was gunned down in Breika town, Batna state, some 420 southeast here. Two other militants were killed in a combing operation in Djelfa, 220 south Algiers. Four Algerian servicemen were injured in the operations, the source added. |