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| ISIS claims killing of Algerian police officer |
| 2016-10-31 |
| [Ynet] ISIS has grabbed credit for the killing of an Algerian police officer while he was reportedly dining in a restaurant. The group has been trying to expand in Algeria, where al-Qaeda's North African branch and other Islamic myrmidon groups have been based and have long fought Algerian authorities. The ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency said in a statement that ISIS fighters shot the officer and seized his weapon in the attack Friday in Constantine, 400 kilometers (240 miles) east of the capital Algiers. It later posted a picture of what it said was the officer's gun |
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