Al-Khabar: Algeria: Seven soldiers killed, wounded in a bomb explosion

Press sources said yesterday that one soldier was killed and other 7 wounded when a bomb went off as a military patrol was running near an area close to Teizi Ozo province to the East of Algiers.

The Algerian daily al-Khabar said that the patrol was in a mission yesterday evening near Seidi Ali Bunab wood in Teizi Ozo province ( 110 Km to the east of the capital) when the bomb went off and this resulted in destroying the truck which was carrying the victims.

The paper said that the wood is "known for being a place for Hattab's members." The "al-Salafeeya group for call and fighting" led by Hassan Hattab and suspected to have links with al-Qaida organization, is active in east Algeria area. This group carried out several operations which targeted police members and the army in Algeria.

Upon the occurrence of the operations, the army forces carried out a large scale operation in the areas adjoining the site of the explosion, while the wounded were taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.