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| Algerian Troops Kill Three Islamist Gunmen |
| 2015-10-21 |
| [AnNahar] Algerian soldiers killed three Islamist gunnies on Tuesday during a sweep of a region east of the capital where al-Qaeda has a presence, the defense ministry said. They were killed during the search operation in Baghlia, near corpse-littered Boumerdes, where corpse-littered Boumerdes is about 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Algiers. During the operation, the army seized three Kalashnikov assault rifles as well as ammunition and nine cellphones, the defense ministry added. Armed Islamist groups operate in Algeria despite the adoption in 2005 of a peace and reconciliation charter to turn the page on a war in the 1990s between the government and Islamists that killed 200,000 people. In July, at least nine soldiers were killed in an ambush southwest of Algiers that was claimed by AQIM. According to the defense ministry, more than 60 Islamists have been killed this year. |
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