Five youths killed in Algeria

Algerian security officials said on Monday that bodies of five Algerian youth were found in a woods near the capital Algiers.

The Algerian New Agency quoted the security forces as saying the bodies of the five youths were found in falcon woods in al-Bayyar residential area inhabited by middle class people. The site is just four kilometers from downtown Algiers.

Algeria's al-Watan daily said that security forces on Sunday killed two Islamists in the capital who were planting a bomb.