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28th August 2011, 06:37
FYI:
Eighteen people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a bombing attack on an army barracks west of Algiers, Algeria.
Two bombers drove up to the barracks housing a prestigious military school in the coastal town of Cherchell, located 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the capital Algiers, on Friday, Algeria's French-language El Watan daily reported on Saturday.
The attackers hit the barracks soon after Iftar -- when Muslims break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
The first assailant blew himself up at the entrance before the second one ran into the front courtyard where officers were sitting down.
Sixteen soldiers and two civilians lost their lives in the attack. Thirty-five people were also wounded.
Violence has died down significantly in the past few years in Algeria, but militants reportedly linked to the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb still carry out ambushes, kidnappings and occasional bombings.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/196134.html
Eighteen people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a bombing attack on an army barracks west of Algiers, Algeria.
Two bombers drove up to the barracks housing a prestigious military school in the coastal town of Cherchell, located 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the capital Algiers, on Friday, Algeria's French-language El Watan daily reported on Saturday.
The attackers hit the barracks soon after Iftar -- when Muslims break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
The first assailant blew himself up at the entrance before the second one ran into the front courtyard where officers were sitting down.
Sixteen soldiers and two civilians lost their lives in the attack. Thirty-five people were also wounded.
Violence has died down significantly in the past few years in Algeria, but militants reportedly linked to the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb still carry out ambushes, kidnappings and occasional bombings.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/196134.html