Three militants killed in clashes with Algeria army

Three militants killed in clashes with Algeria army 20 Oct 2015 8:25 PM Algerian army troops on Tuesday killed three militants in the province of Boumerdes, 55 km eastern Algiers, according to a statement of the Defense Ministry. “Part of counterterrorism efforts and after the exploitation of accurate tips, a detachment of the National Peoples’ Army in the 1st military region of Boumerdes launched a dragging operation that led to killing three terrorists,” reads the statement. Three Kalashnikov machine guns, three magazines, binoculars, 135 bullets and nine mobile phones have been retrieved, the source said, adding that the dragging operation is still underway. The upper woods and forests in the some central provinces near the capital Algiers, including Bouira and Boumerdes are still considered as safe haven for a number of terrorists linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Elsewhere in the country, the situation is under control of security forces.