Algiers. .- Five soldiers were killed today in an ambush by suspected terrorists in Kabylia in Algeria, where a policeman was also killed in a bomb attack, local media reported. With these six deaths, amounts to 20 the number of casualties in the Algerian security forces in less than 48 hours in attacks attributed to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), very active in Kabylia and specialized in assaults on the structures and members of the Algerian security forces.
The five soldiers were killed at noon today after suffering an ambush while conducting a search operation in the mountainous region of Ammal, Bourmerdes the province in search of armed groups, reports the The Wanta in its online edition. In the firefight, soldiers killed two members of the aggressor, while the rest managed to flee.
Two hours earlier, a policeman was killed and two others were wounded when a bomb exploded in Bouira, another province of Kabylia. These policemen were on a road checkpoint near the city of Lakhdaria and pump with the one carried out the attack was triggered at a distance, possibly through a mobile phone, according to the electronic edition of Tout sur l'Algerie.
These two attacks have been carried out within 48 hours after the attack Friday night against an Army outpost in Azazga, in the province of Tizi Ouzou, the capital of Kabylie, which killed 14 soldiers and 16 were injured, according to the new death toll released today. At least six members of the group that carried out the attack on Friday died in clashes with security forces, say the Algerian media.
The army has sent reinforcements to the area quickly and has launched a vast operation of prosecuting the perpetrators of the attack, although not yet known whether it has given some results. 
The five soldiers were killed at noon today after suffering an ambush while conducting a search operation in the mountainous region of Ammal, Bourmerdes the province in search of armed groups, reports the The Wanta in its online edition. In the firefight, soldiers killed two members of the aggressor, while the rest managed to flee.
Two hours earlier, a policeman was killed and two others were wounded when a bomb exploded in Bouira, another province of Kabylia. These policemen were on a road checkpoint near the city of Lakhdaria and pump with the one carried out the attack was triggered at a distance, possibly through a mobile phone, according to the electronic edition of Tout sur l'Algerie.
These two attacks have been carried out within 48 hours after the attack Friday night against an Army outpost in Azazga, in the province of Tizi Ouzou, the capital of Kabylie, which killed 14 soldiers and 16 were injured, according to the new death toll released today. At least six members of the group that carried out the attack on Friday died in clashes with security forces, say the Algerian media.
The army has sent reinforcements to the area quickly and has launched a vast operation of prosecuting the perpetrators of the attack, although not yet known whether it has given some results.
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