Over 50 killed in Algerian attacks
More than 50 people have been killed by Islamic militants in Algeria in two attacks, according to local press reports on 6 January. In the first, military convoys were ambushed near the town of Batna, about 430 kilometres south of Algiers, killing about 43 soldiers and local militiamen. The operation caused the most fatalities of any since President Bouteflika came to power in 1999 on the back of a promise to end the violence. The second attack was on two families in the village of ...
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