Terrorist killed in northern Algeria: defense ministry

ALGIERS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Algerian army on Sunday killed an armed terrorist in the northern province of Tizi-Ouzou, some 100 km east of Algiers, the defense ministry said.

"As part of the fight against terrorism and intelligence exploitation, a detachment of the army shot dead a terrorist today in an ambush in the town of Zraib and seized a Kalashnikov rifle, two magazines and a pair of binoculars," said a ministry statement.

The security situation in Algeria has remarkably improved in the last decade but clashes between security forces and terrorist groups are still occasionally reported.