Four Algerian soldiers killed in the attack bomb: reports

Algiers, July 17, 2013 (AFP)

Four Algerian soldiers were killed when two bombs struck their passing patrol in the region of Tipaza, West of the capital Algiers, said Wednesday, adding that the attack wounded another three troops of media reports.

The attack on Tuesday appeared to have been premeditated, but coincided with the return home of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Paris after a stay of nearly three months in hospital.

The attack occurred when the bombs buried underground, struck the army patrol by entering in the wooded area of Santhosh near Tipaza, 70 kilometres (44 miles) of Algiers during a routine operation, the reports said.

The attack on Tuesday appeared to have been premeditated, but coincided with the return home of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Paris after a stay of nearly three months in hospital.

The attack occurred when the bombs buried underground, struck the army patrol by entering in the wooded area of Santhosh near Tipaza, 70 kilometres (44 miles) of Algiers during a routine operation, the reports said.

The deadliest attack occurred in January when 37 foreign and Algerian hostages have been killed in clashes with Islamist militants who had taken a gas complex.

In the 1990s Algeria has seen a decade of fighting between the troops and say of Islamist fighters, where some 200,000 people have been killed by official estimates.