Nine civilians, Islamists killed in Algeria

Algerian security sources announced on Monday that five persons were killed and another 11 wounded in a bomb explosion on Sunday night in Mashrat al-Safa town near Teyart, 300 km southwest of the capital, Algiers. The security forces did not give details about the explosion.

On Sunday a bomb exploded in Bleida, 30 km south of the capital. As a result two persons were killed and another three reported wounded. On Sunday afternoon one female child was killed at "Martyrs Square" in Algiers when armed Islamists opened fire against people in the street while trying to escape the police. The Algerian dailies said on Monday that two Islamists were killed as a result, and two or three were arrested.