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| Forteen soldiers were killed and 12 injured in Azazga |
| 2011-04-17 |
| [Ennahar] Forteen soldiers were killed and 12l were maimed Friday night by a "terrorist group" which attacked their outpost in Azazga (140 km) east of Algiers, according to security sources. This attack would have caused 14 deaths and twelve maimed among the military and one of the assailants, according to residents reached by telephone from Algiers. The body of the latter was seen on a highway, sources said. The exchange of fire lasted over two hours, said the site. The position attacked is situated outside the town of Azazga, on the edge of the dense forest of Yakouren, where al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is very active. The attack came nearly two months after lifting the state of emergency declared in 1992 to contain an Islamic insurgency. |
| Posted by:Fred |