location: Lakhdaria
notes: A military raid led to the death of the important AQIM operative and bomb-maker Derbal Amar Abderrahmane, aka Mourad Abdel Djabber, aka Abou Hodheifa. The victim is the suspected 'mastermind' behind the Aug. 20 attack on workers of the Canadian contractor SNC-Lavalin. Two AQIM lieutenants and a four-year-old child also died in the skirmish. The childs mother sustained major injuries.
target_text: location: Lakhdaria, fatalities: 4