Algeria says army killed 4 militants

AFP, ALGIERS: Algerian troops have killed four suspected jihadists in an ambush south of the capital Algiers, the defence ministry said on Thursday.
A ministry statement said soldiers late Wednesday swooped on militants in the mountainous Medea region, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Algiers, adding that firearms and ammunition were seized.
Last year, the army killed or arrested 157 “terrorists”—the term Algeria’s authorities use for Islamist militants—according to ministry figures.
A brutal civil war in the 1990s between the government and Islamists claimed around 200,000 lives.
Despite adopting a peace and reconciliation charter in 2005 aimed at turning the page on the conflict, armed groups remain active in central and eastern Algeria.

Algeria says army killed 4 militants

AFP, ALGIERS: Algerian troops have killed four suspected jihadists in an ambush south of the capital Algiers, the defence ministry said on Thursday. A ministry statement said soldiers late Wednesday swooped on militants in the mountainous Medea region, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Algiers, adding that firearms and ammunition were seized. Last year, the army killed or arrested 157 terroriststhe term Algerias authorities use for Islamist militantsaccording to ministry figures. A brutal civil war in the 1990s between the government and Islamists claimed around 200,000 lives. Despite adopting a peace and reconciliation charter in 2005 aimed at turning the page on the conflict, armed groups remain active in central and eastern Algeria.