2 soldiers, 2 guards killed, 1 kidnapping ends safely: Algeria security news

El Khabar, Ech Chourouk: Two soldiers and a communal guard killed at Bordj el-Kaid in Skikda, and a third soldier injured, in a GSPC attack on an army base. El Khabar says the attackers were dressed in army uniforms, and had kalashnikovs.

Ech Chourouk: A communal guard killed in Bouira, near Ouled Bouchia.

On a different note, Liberte reports the kidnapping of one Amine Yaker at a false roadblock in the wilaya of Tizi-Ouzou, ended with the payment of a large ransom for his safe return.