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20.08.2008 - Deadly bombings hit Algerian town

Eleven people have been killed by twin bombs that hit a hotel and a barracks in Bouira, south east of the Algerian capital, Algiers, state media say.
The blasts went off in quick succession, according to witnesses.

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The attacks come a day after a car bomb killed 43 people and injured a further 38 at a police college near Boumerdes, east of Algiers.
Algeria has suffered frequent bomb attacks blamed on Islamist insurgents linked to al-Qaeda.
Many of the attacks have been concentrated in the area east and south of Algiers.
The bombs went off in front of the Hotel Sophie and the military headquarters in Bouira, which is about 120km (70 miles) from Algiers, reports say.
One of the bombs ripped off the front of the military headquarters, and the blasts could be heard in a radius of several hundred metres, witnesses said.

(BBC)


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