Algeria: One police man, two Islamists killed

The Algerian security yesterday announced the killing of one police man and two Islamists militants on Wednesday in Wahran, in the west of Algeria, during clashes between its forces and armed Islamist group.

The clashes took place when the security forces monitored armed Islamists in a house in one of the major quarters of the Algerian west.

Thereby, the number of killed increased to 70, including 40 Islamists since the beginning of November, in acts of violence in Algeria, according to official and press statistics. The acts of violence in Algeria since the beginning of the current year also resulted in killing 860 persons including 400 armed Islamists.