Published November 17, 2014
An Algerian newspaper has reported that militants have attacked a military barracks in northeast Algeria, leading to a gunfight that left seven soldiers and three attackers dead.
El Watan daily says on its Web site a group of militants attacked the Tizrarana barracks about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of the city of Jijel and seized automatic weapons. A soldier was missing and two others injured.
The attack Friday came a week after a bombing attack on a military convoy killed five soldiers in a town 20 kilometers east of Jijel.
As with most such cases, authorities declined to comment.
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has been active in Algeria. It has roots in the North African country's Islamic insurgency that started in 1992 and left more than 200,000 dead.
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