Daesh injures 4 Algerian officers

Gunmen attacked an Algerian military patrol in an area south of the capital, slightly wounding four gendarmes, the ministry of defence said, in an attack later claimed by Daesh.

Gunmen opened fire on the gendarmerie patrol late yesterday in Larbaa area in Blida region, around 30 kilometres south of Algiers, the ministry said in a statement carried on APS state news agency.

“A patrol of gendarmerie were targeted by gunfire on Wednesday at 22:00 by a group of terrorists,” the statement said without giving details on any militant group.

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Daesh-affiliated Amaq agency said today its fighters ambushed the patrol and claimed to have destroyed two vehicles, according to the SITE jihadist monitoring service.

Algerian armed forces have been cracking down on militants tied to Daesh. In April, they foiled an attempted suicide bomb attack in the northeastern city of Constantine, with one attacker killed and a second arrested.