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      Ministry: Algerian Troops Kill 8 Islamist Militants South of Capital

   by Reuters

   Algerian troops killed eight Islamist armed fighters and captured
   weapons on Sunday in an operation south of the capital, the ministry of
   defense said.

   Four other suspected militants were also arrested during the operation
   in Rouakeche area of Medea, APS state news agency reported. But the
   statement did not say to which group the suspects belonged.

   Violence is rarer now in Algeria since the end of its 1990s war with
   Islamist fighters that killed 200,000 people. But Al Qaeda in the
   Islamic Maghreb and small bands of fighters allied to Islamic State
   have been active in remote regions.
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