Violence continues in Algeria

The Algerian daily al-Alam al-Seyasi said that a bomb went off on Tuesday in one suburb in Algiers, but no human casualties were reported.

For its part, the Algerian daily al-Aseel said on Wednesday that the security forces foiled an attack for the armed men in Mascara province, 361 km from the capital, Algiers.

The paper indicated that the armed forces killed several armed men during a vast mopping-up operation in the hills adjacent to Abu Hanifa city, during which heavy weapons and helicopters were used.

Al-Khabar daily said the armed groups killed an Algerian woman in Ein Temouchent province, 504 km from Algiers, and that one policeman was killed in a bomb explosion in Saida province and that the security forces arrested one armed group member in Tizi Ouzou province.