Suspected al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters killed an Algerian soldier and injured four civilians in two roadside bomb attacks in Theniet Boussalah, Batna province. Algerian security forces launched large-scale anti-terror operations in Skikda after arrests of two men for aiding and recruiting Islamist fighters. The families of the two Spanish hostages held by AQIM assert that the two aid workers are still alive.
