Four armed Islamic extremists have been killed in a shootout with soldiers southeast of the Algerian capital, authorities say.
A security service statement on Saturday said the fighting occurred overnight in Sour El Ghozlane, 120km from Algiers.
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The four were in a car heading south when soldiers stopped them and the shooting began, the statement said.
Algeria’s army has been fighting extremists for two decades, but tensions recently have been concentrated much farther south, in the desert close to the Libyan border.
