Two gunmen killed in Algeria

The Algerian daily al-Khabar reported on Thursday that Algerian security forces killed two gunmen of the armed groups three days ago in the mountainous area in Batna province.

The paper added that two citizens were killed and a third wounded in a bomb explosion in Laghouat province.

Algeria's al-Chaab daily said that citizens of Ein al-Zarqa town in Tebessa province recently repelled an attack by the Armed Islamic Group, and several gunmen were reportedly wounded.