3 terrorists killed in northern Algeria: army

ALGIERS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Algerian army troops late on Sunday killed three terrorists in Boumerdes province, said a statement of Defense Ministry on Monday.

The source said these three terrorists were killed following efficient exploitation of accurate intelligence, as an ambush was set by counterterrorism troops in the dense woods of Ben Choud locality, in upper Boumerdes.

Two Kalashnikov machine guns, six magazines, and a quantity of ammunition were retrieved during this operation, "which comes in the context of the efforts made by the Algerian army in the fight against terrorism all over the country."

Located in a region plagued by unprecedented security and political instability, Algeria faces ongoing terrorist threats, as tens of thousands of troops are deployed on eastern and southern border to thwart potential intrusion of militants and arms, amid instability in Mali and civil war hitting Libya. Enditem