location: Khemis El Khechna
notes: On Tuesday 24 September, possessing specific intelligence about an armed Islamist group which was in the habit of conducting incursions in the hamlets located to the southeast of Khemis El Kechna, the security forces began an operation in the course of which they killed one militant and wounded two others. The militants were reported to be affiliated with the local faction of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat GSPC.
target_text: location: Khemis El Khechna, fatalities: 1