Algeria 'under attack' as fresh blasts reported
Wednesday, 20 Aug 2008 10:04
Two further bomb blasts hit Algeria, one day after the country suffered its worst-ever terrorist attack
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Two further bomb blasts have struck Algeria, a day after the country suffered its worst-ever terrorist attack.
According to local radio, 11 people died in the dual bombing in Bouira, which is 120km south-east of the capital Algiers.
Officials and eyewitnesses told Algerian radio the explosions had taken place in front of a hotel and outside a paramilitary police headquarters.
There was no word on who was responsible for the attacks, which also injured at least 30 people.
On Tuesday 43 people were killed and 45 injured when a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the main entrance of a police school in Issers, 60km east of Algiers.
Last December 41 people died in the capital when two near-simultaneous explosions targeting the judiciary and United Nations workers went off in the capital.