Four people were killed in Algeria
Algeria, Military, 6/18/1998

Four people were killed and another four reported wounded following a bomb explosion in a graveyard in Tepaz district, east of the Algerian capital, Algiers. A statement by Algerian security forces said the bomb was exploded in the cemetery in Bourqiqa town in Tipaza province.

Meanwhile, Armed Islamic Groups guns one woman in Qusantinah on Tuesday and another man was reported as wounded as a result, said the Algerian daily al-Khabar on Wednesday. The paper also reported that an assassination attempt claimed the life of a policeman in Qusantinah in Seyadi district.

Al-Aseel noted that army forces continued a vast mopping-up operation in al-Nahas basin district in Blida province, one of the main centers of the Armed Islamic Group.

Meanwhile, Sawt al-Ahrar said that three citizens were killed in al-Shallal in al-Medea province, while one member of the Armed Islamic Group was reported killed.

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