Five citizens killed in Algeria by gunmen

The Algerian French-daily "Liberty" said on Wednesday that five citizens were slaughtered on Tuesday by the armed gunmen in Zera district of Teizo Ozo province, 100Km from the capital Algiers.

For its part, the Algerian daily al-Watan said other three citizens were also slaughtered in al-Bleida district, 30 Km from the capital on Monday. Moreover, the "Sawt al-Ahrar" said that four citizens were killed and another was wounded at a fake road locked made by the armed groups near Tablat district in al-Medya province.

On the other hand, the Algerian security and army forces destroyed several armed groups shelters between al-Hassasinah and Ma'moura towns in Saeeda province. The Algerian daily al- Khabar noted that the armed groups attacked on Monday the popular " al-Attar" suburb, Southern east of Telmesan and killed three citizens from one family by cutting their throats while other were wounded. The gunmen also implanted mines in the ambulance which was trying to transport the wounded to the hospital. The explosion resulted in serious wounding among the civil defense men of the area.