More Islamists surrender in Algeria

Three rebels surrendered in Tlemcen province to the authorities in order to benefit from the civil reconciliation law.

The Algerian daily al-Khabar said that 17 members of the al-Huda contingent of the Armed Islamic Group surrendered in Jijel province in the framework of the civil reconciliation law.

The paper added that the security forces killed three gunmen of the armed groups in the capital and in Babo Farik.

Meanwhile, the Algerian daily al-Youm said that a 15-gunmen group installed a fake roadblock in Mleikoush district in Tizi Ouzou province and stole the property of passersby, but they killed no one.