February 11: The
National Court of Spain finds five out of six
Algerian men guilty of membership in a terrorist organization and document forgery for terrorist purposes, sentencing each of them to 13 years imprisonment. All six were acquitted of conspiracy to carry out a terrorist act.
March
April
April 8: Suspected
Islamist militants open fire on a military patrol in northwestern
Algeria leaving nine
soldiers and six attackers dead.
At least 16 people are killed and 30 injured in a car bomb attack on an
Algerian naval barracks in the town of
Dellys, 100 km (62 km) east of
Algiers.[8]