The convoy was en rout to their barracks at Bordj Bou Arreridj,  located southeast of Algeria's capital of Algiers, when it was attacked late Wednesday. Militants , believed to have links to Al-Qaeda, detonated no less than two roadside bombs to block the convoy, consisting of six vehicles. They then opened fire on the police before stealing their uniforms and weapons . The militants have been left over from a civil war in the 1990s between the government and radical Islamists that  killed between 150,000 and 200,000 people. Violence has since diminished, but attacks on government forces still occur.
The convoy was en rout to their barracks at Bordj Bou Arreridj, following an escort of Chinese construction workers to a nearby worksite, located southeast of Algeria's capital of Algiers, when it was attacked late Wednesday. Militants detonated no less than two roadside bombs to block the convoy, consisting of six vehicles. They then opened fire on the police before stealing their uniforms , weapons and vehicles. The militants, as part of Al-Qaeda's network, are referred to as al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, (AQIM). The militants have been left over from a civil war begun in 1992 between the government and radical Islamists that has killed between 150,000 and 200,000 people. Violence has since diminished, but attacks on government forces still occur.
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following an escort of Chinese construction workers to a nearby worksite,
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, believed to have links to Al-Qaeda,
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and weapons .
, weapons and vehicles. The militants, as part of Al-Qaeda's network, are referred to as al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, (AQIM).
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in the 1990s
begun in 1992
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has