{"id":7382,"date":"2010-07-01T15:30:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=7382"},"modified":"2010-07-01T15:30:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T12:30:01","slug":"11-algerian-police-killed-after-al-qaida-islamic-militant-ambush-11987111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/11-algerian-police-killed-after-al-qaida-islamic-militant-ambush-11987111\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Algerian police killed after Al Qaida Islamic militant ambush"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Up to 11 Algerian paramilitary police officers killed by suspected Islamic insurgents after an ambush at the Sahara desert.<\/h1>\n<h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7383\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7383\" title=\"Algeria Police attack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/berdiv\/public_html\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Algeria-Police-attack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Algeria-Police-attack.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Algeria-Police-attack-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Algeria-Police-attack-280x186.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paramilitary Officers in Algeria look at the remains of the vehicle where several of their counterparts were killed after an attack by an Islamic Group with ties with Al-Qaida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attack which took place on Wednesday was alleged to have been carried out by an Islamic militant group which has ties to al-Qaida.<\/h2>\n<p>A source from the Algerian security sources confirmed that Algerian paramilitary police officers were attacked during a routine patrol in the town of Tinzaouatine, close to the border of Mali.<\/p>\n<p>Local media have also reported that the militants who attacked the vehicles just before night fell, also stole weapons and other electronic devices before setting the vehicle on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Violence in Algeria, started in recent years after the 1992 general election where an Islamic Party had won the elections, but was then declared as invalid.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that the attack took place close to a region where Algeria and over border and neighboring countries set up a joint headquarters to combat the al-Qaeda in the Sahara desert.<\/p>\n<p>According to Algerian records, 150,000 people had died after the attacks that ensued the invalid general election, but many militants gave their guns up in 1999 after negations were made.<\/p>\n<p>The attack is by far the worst such incident of 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Such attack have decreased since the 1999 peace deal but occasionally, attacks are carried out by some militants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Write your comments and thoughts below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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