Four Islamists, one shepherd killed in Algeria

The Algerian daily al-Khabar said on Wednesday said that the Algerian army conducted a mopping up campaign near the capital following an attack by two armed Islamists on a military checkpoint, and other dailies reported that Algerian security forces killed on Monday night three armed Islamists in al-Shalif province and another near al-Qall to the Eastern coast.

A shepherd was found slaughtered after being kidnapped in Farenda, in northwest Algeria.

In the western suburb of the capital near al-Hammamat two "terrorists" came out of the woods and opened fire on an army inspection point. Two persons were injured as a result.