Algeria: Deadly terrorist attack on the border with Morocco

Three shepherds were killed and three police officers were injured on the border between Morocco and Algeria in a terrorist attack allegedly carried out by an armed group affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

Near Tlemcen in northwestern Algeria, members of a terrorist group likely affiliated with AQMI killed three shepherds on Monday in the town of Beni Snous, in this region close to the Moroccan border and located 520 km west of Algiers, reports Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. They then fled. But before, they planted explosive devices at the scene of the crime. Alerted, three police officers went to the scene to transport the bodies of the victims. Upon their arrival, they were injured by the explosion of these devices. According to some informed sources, this is the third attack perpetrated by this armed group in Algeria in recent times.