(ALGIERS) Algeria's counter-terror units killed 4 militants and
captured one another alive in the province of Medea, 150 south west Algiers,
Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
“As part of the fight against terrorism, a detachment of the People’s National Army killed, on 08 June 2016 at 10:00 p.m., four (04) terrorists following an ambush in Rouakeche, in the town of Baata, province of Medea (1st Military Region) and recovered four (04) Kalashnikov-type submachine guns and a quantity of munitions. A shelter and a homemade bomb were destroyed. The operation is still ongoing,”
Later on Thursday, the troops arrested another terrorist
alive in same locality, as the operation is still underway, the source said. A
Kalashnikov-type submachine gun, a pair of night binoculars, five magazines,
ammunition and seven mobile phones were retrieved.
Ramadan death toll is now at 752
