[QODLink]
Africa
Deaths in Algeria bomb attack
Bomb detonates outside a police residence in coastal town east of Algiers.
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2007 09:26 GMT
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for two recent suicide bomb attacks in eastern Algeria [AFP]

Three people have been killed and five wounded after a bomb exploded in front of a police residence in Algeria, security officials say.

The bomb, which was placed inside a bag, exploded on Friday afternoon in Zemmouri, a town about 50 km east of Algiers.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

The incident comes after two separate suicide bomb attacks last week killed 57 people and wounded more than 140 others. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the blasts.

On September 6, a suicide attack targeting the convoy of Abdelaziz  Bouteflika, the Algerian president, in the eastern town of Batna killed 22 people and wounded more than 100 others.

Two days later, another suicide attack targeting a coastguard barracks at Dellys east of Algiers, involving a booby-trapped car, left 30 people dead and 40 wounded.

Zemmouri, a coastal town, lies on the edge of the Kabylie region, which has seen a rise in violent attacks in the last year.

Several hundred fighters reportedly linked to al-Qaeda are said to be based in dense forests in the mountainous region.
Source:
Agencies
Topics in this article
Country
City
Featured on Al Jazeera
In the frozen peaks of Afghanistan's Kunar province, a ferocious clash for supremacy rages amid the mountaintops.
Indigenous community with "third world conditions" sits 90km from diamond mine, prompting fight for resource royalties.
There is a unique and dangerous commerce system at work in Amazonia, where children risk their lives for a few pennies.
Organisations that influence social, cultural and political issues in the US have been hijacked by the far right.
<  > 
join our mailing list

Enter Zip Code
Go