ALGIERS, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Four Algerian soldiers were slightly injured following an overnight terror attack against their patrol in the province of Blida, 60 km south-west Algiers, on Wednesday, Defense Ministry on Thursday said in a statement.
"A National Gendarmerie patrol was targeted by gunshots of a terrorist group around 22:00 (GMT) on Wednesday, in the locality of Larbaa in Blida, causing four soldiers slightly injured," said the statement.
Following the attack, counter-terrorism troops have launched a wide-scale campaign to track down the assailants, noted the source.
Meanwhile, the terrorist group of Daesh on Thursday claimed responsibility for this attack. It said one of their fighters had destroyed two vehicles carrying elements of the Algerian National Gendarmerie.
Located in a region plagued by unprecedented security and political instability, Algeria faces ongoing terrorist threats.
A few militants affiliated to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and recently established Islamic State affiliate groups are still taking refuge in the dense woods in the north, and remote desert areas near the troubled Libya and Mali. Enditem
