Terrorists attacked a military position in Beni Fadala commune, in Batna, on the night of Sunday to Monday, killing five soldiers, including an officer, a communal guard and wounding three militaries. The attack on an army position in the place called Boussalam took place at midnight, the terrorists used an RPG-7 rocket. In spite of the surprise factor, the army managed to quickly riposte pushing the terrorist group to run away towards neighbouring forests. Local sources said blood drops on the scene showed some terrorists would have been wounded. Army force, using helicopters, continued tracking terrorists until late yesterday afternoon. The same area witnessed, two weeks ago, terrorist bomb attack leaving six soldiers wounded, including an officer.
In Skikda, Army force apprehended a terrorist on Sunday, in Zeffar, 6 km from Ain Kechra city centre, vast raking by Special Forces is taking place following the armed fighting between terrorists and Army force in the area. The clash caused the death of a military. Local sources said terrorists ambushed Army forces that were combing the area –which witnesses intense movement of terrorist groups. Terrorists fired on Army force killing one military and wounding another, but are now tightly besieged, and one of them has been arrested.