Dozen killed in Islamist ambush in Algeria: reports

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ALGIERS (AFP) — Eleven members of Algeria's security forces and a civilian were killed in an ambush by armed Islamist groups in the east of the country, Algerian newspapers reported Tuesday.

The attack, which took place Sunday in Skikda, was one of the deadliest in the past few weeks and also left about a dozen security officers wounded, the newspapers Quotidien d'Oran and Liberte said.

The papers also reported that four Islamist militants were killed in the attack. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the ambush.

One bomb exploded as security forces in a convoy of three vehicles were on patrol in a mountainous area of the Skikda region. It was followed by a second bomb aimed at soldiers who came to back up the security forces engaged in fierce...