Violent upsurge ahead of Algerian amnesty vote
Suspected Islamist militants killed five security force members on 26 September, days before Algerians will vote on an amnesty for rebel and government participants in the civil war. Gunmen ambushed two security guards in Ain Defla, southwest of Algiers, and killed two military police officers in Saida. A roadside bomb killed a soldier in the eastern town of Boumerdes. President Bouteflika has called a national vote on 29 September on his reconciliation plan, which ...
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