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Thursday, August 21, 2008 - Web posted at 9:53:12 AM GMT Twin car bombings in Algeria kill 54 ALGIERS - Twin car bombings rocked a hotel and military headquarters in the Algerian town of Bouira yesterday, killing 11 people after a suicide bombing in a neighbouring region killed 43, official media and witnesses said. |
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Yesterday's first bomb targeted Bouira's regional military command and injured four soldiers, the state-run APS news agency said. A minute later, 11 people died and 27 were wounded when a second bomb went off next to a hotel in downtown Bouira, APS and the state-run national radio said. A security official in the Bouira area told The Associated Press that nearly all the victims were civilians. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to discuss such matters with the media. It was not immediately clear whether the bombings, which occurred at about 06h00 local time, were suicide attacks or if the two cars blew up by remote control. There was no immediate official comment on the attacks. The military barracks were most damaged. "Parts of the walls have fallen off, the fence is destroyed, cars are buried under the rubble," Abdellah Debbache, the Bouira correspondent of Algeria's Liberte newspaper, told AP by telephone. Nampa-AP |
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