[Maghrebia] Four gendarmes were killed and at least 17 were injured by a suicide bomber in Timizar in Boumerdes on the evening of Thursday (June 10th), local and international press reported. A Chinese worker passing by the scene was also killed. | Taking the very long way home from work? |
In other security developments, Algeria security services killed 11 terrorists on June 10th and June 11th, including seven in Tizi-Ouzou. Two wanted terrorists were killed in a Bouira restaurant, while police captured a third. In Batna, police killed two terrorists after they detonated a bomb that injured soldiers, L'Expression reported on June 12th. "Approximately 30 terrorists are still in the bush on the outskirts of Batna," an anonymous security source told the paper.
In related news, an armoured vehicle attempted to drive through a security roadblock opposite the El Mouradia residence of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika outside Algiers on June 5th, Ennahar reported. Police fired on the vehicle and arrested the driver.