Killings continue in Algeria

Algerian dailies published on Monday said that the armed forces killed during the last 48 hours seven men from the Armed Islamic Group, two of whom were of importance in the towns of Teze and Ein Afkan in Muaskar province, 361 km from the capital Algiers.

Weapons and explosives were also confiscated.

Meanwhile, the Algerian French language dailies Liberte and al-Watan said that a high-ranking retired officer was killed in front of his house on Sunday in Tezi Ozo province at the hands of the Armed Islamic Group.

For its part Sawt al-Ahrar daily said that the army forces killed two dangerous members of the armed group in the al-Zaweyah district of the Bani Baleed area of Jejil province during a vast mopping-up operation.