Ten soldiers and an armed civilian were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist terrorists against a checkpoint of the Algerian army in the province of Tizi Ouzou in Kabylia, local sources said. The terrorist attack was perpetrated on Friday night against a checkpoint of the Algerian army in the mountain village of Azazga, in which the assailants used machine guns and explosives, triggering a shootout between two parties, according to the sources mentioned.
A total of ten soldiers were killed and several soldiers were wounded, while one of the assailants died in the shooting. Given the situation, the Algerian authorities sent reinforcements to the region, where it has opened a search operation for the perpetrators of the attack. Investigators believe the attack was the work of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), active in Algeria's Kabylie.
The attack comes almost two months after the lifting of the state of emergency declared in 1992 to contain an Islamic insurgency. 
A total of ten soldiers were killed and several soldiers were wounded, while one of the assailants died in the shooting. Given the situation, the Algerian authorities sent reinforcements to the region, where it has opened a search operation for the perpetrators of the attack. Investigators believe the attack was the work of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), active in Algeria's Kabylie.
The attack comes almost two months after the lifting of the state of emergency declared in 1992 to contain an Islamic insurgency.
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