ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's military ambushed militants on Tuesday, killing two fighters in an eastern region near where al Qaeda's north Africa branch claimed an attack on an army patrol last month, the defence ministry said.
Troops attacked the militants in Kaddara in Boumerdes province about 50 km (31 miles) east of the capital Algiers early Tuesday morning, according to the ministry statement on APS state news agency.
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