Al Qaeda Attacks in Algeria; 6 Gov’t Soldiers Dead
Six soldiers have been killed in Medea province by a terror group belonging to region I in Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, while security sources said the operation targeted lifting the siege on terrorists being surrounded in Boumerds fiefs.
Local sources in Derag area, situated between Medea and Ain Defla provinces, said a terrorist group composed of many elements has set up an ambush, Sunday evening, to an Army patrol, on the road linking Derag and Ain Dalia, western Medea.
The same sources mentioned that 6 soldiers have been killed in the attack, while the rest managed to survive following a short armed clash forcing the terrorist to withdraw.
The terrorists have managed confiscating weapons and uniforms of the dead soldiers, the sources said, quoting eyewitnesses, pointing out the uniforms are to be used by the terrorists in bogus checkpoints.