location: Beni Douala
notes: A policeman died on 17 August of his wounds after AQIM militants opened fire on a vehicle near the town of Tizi Ouzou, 110 kilometres (70 miles) east of the capital Algiers. The driver was also killed in the shooting blamed on militants from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
target_text: location: Beni Douala, fatalities: 2