Algeria gunmen kill 13 customs agents-official

ALGIERS, Apr 8 (Reuters) Suspected Algerian Islamic militants killed 13 customs agents in the north African oil producer's southern desert yesterday, a customs official said.

The official, who declined to be identified, confirmed media reports today that said the 13 were killed, and 10 were wounded, in an ambush on a party of customs officials travelling in a convoy of all terrain vehicles 200 km (125 miles) from the country's biggest oil producing town of Hassi Messaoud.

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