7 Algeria Troops Killed in Roadside Bomb Blast

A roadside bomb killed three soldiers and four security officers in western Algeria, the defense ministry said on Sunday, the second deadly attack in the country in four months. The attack on the military convoy in the Sidi Bel Abbes province, 440 kilometers (275 miles) west of the capital, happened late on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement. The auxiliaries were members of the village guards - a militia formed by the government in 1994 at the height of the country's...

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