Algerian army forces killed seven militants on Friday night in Chrea mountains, in the upper area of the province of Bouira, 100 km eastern Algiers, local media reported Sunday.
Citing a security source, TSA news website reported that the militants were killed during a bombing conducted by the army aviation, following a three-day manhunt operation.
The bodies of the killed armed men were transferred Saturday to the morgue at the hospital of Mechdellah, eastern Bouira, for identification, the source specified.
A few militants affiliated to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb ( AQIM) are still taking refuge in the woods located in Boumerdes, Tizi Ouzou and Bouira, three adjacent provinces near eastern Algiers.
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