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| Africa: North |
| 5 dead in latest GSPC attack |
| 2005-04-15 |
| Algerian Islamic militants killed five people, including three security force members, and injured eight others in attacks ahead of an expected general amnesty, newspapers said on Thursday. Three guards were killed when a bomb exploded on Wednesday in Tebessa province, 390 miles east of the capital Algiers, the Liberte newspaper said, citing sources. Three paramilitary policemen were seriously wounded in simultaneous explosions of two bombs in the same area two hours later, the daily said. In another attack on Wednesday, two civilians were shot dead and five more wounded in a rebel ambush in a forest near Relizane, 280 miles west of Algiers, newspapers said. Authorities were not immediately available for comment. Government troops have been carrying out a large offensive on Islamic strongholds in eastern and western Algeria. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |