Two bombs were set by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in advance of Prime Minister Sellal’s visit to Tizi Ouzou; one bomb detonated but caused no injuries and the other was dismantled. In desert operations, security forces recently killed 22 militants from the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and Ansar Dine. Five militants trying to infiltrate the country at Bordj Badji Mokhtar were killed by police. President Bouteflika returned to Algeria after nearly three months in a French hospital. Locals in the Kaybylie region have complained about the recent incursion of Salafist imams.
