 Algerian police on Thursday arrested five men suspected of belonging to an Islamic militant group that has staged a series of ambush attacks against Algerian military convoys and police road blocks over recent weeks. The men were picked up in the province of Boumardas, some 54 kilometres east of the capital Algiers, a police spokesman said. The authorities believe those arrested belong to a cell of the radical Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which allegedly masterminded the ambush attacks. |