Algeria: Algeria boosts forces on Tunisian border after the killing of 8 Tunisian soldiers
Algeria’s army has reinforced its forces along the eastern border with Tunisia, Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said on Thursday, days after the killing of eight Tunisian soldiers.
Eight Tunisian soldiers were found with their throats cut on Monday after an ambush by jihadist militants in Mount Chaambi, an area near the border with Algeria.
Algeria’s army “reinforced its resources and capabilities on the eastern border of the country because of the troubles that Tunisia is going through,” Kablia told the national news agency APS.
Armed forces in Tunisia have intensified their hunt for an armed group in the Mount Chaambi area since the spring, after several members of the security forces were killed or wounded by explosive devices set by the militants.