Algeria’s army said on Sunday that it had killed three armed militants and captured several others in an ongoing operation in the country’s east, like reported by gulftoday.ae.
The joint operation by the army and other security forces in Constantine and Skikda, under way since June 11, has led to “the elimination of three terrorists, the capture of three others and eight people who were supporting criminal groups, and the surrender of another terrorist,” a defence ministry statement said.
Weapons, ammunition and money were also recovered, the ministry said.
More than 40 armed militants have been killed in Algerian army operations in the country’s mountainous east since the start of the year, according to official figures. Algerian authorities use the word “terrorist” to refer to armed militants active in the country since the start of the 1990s.
Bloodshed blamed on such fighters has lessened significantly, but such groups continue to clash regularly with security forces.
