5 armed militants killed in northern Algeria

Source: Xinhua| 2017-10-02 02:30:31|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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ALGIERS, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Algerian counterterrorim troops on Sunday killed five armed militants in the locality of El Kseur, in the province of Bejaia, said a statement of Defense Ministry.

The source said this qualitative operation led to retrieving five Kalashnikov machine guns, and three magazines.

Army troops on Thursday launched a wide scale dragging operation in the upper woods of El Kseur, as one terrorist was killed by then, bringing the number of killed terrorists to six. The operation is still underway, as counterterrorism troops are still surrounding the site.

Located in a region plagued by unprecedented security and political instability, Algeria faces ongoing terrorist threats.

A few militants affiliated to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and recently established Daesh affiliate groups are still taking refuge in the dense woods in the north, and remote desert areas near the troubled Libya and Mali.

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