Algeria bomb attack kills 43

A bomb attack east of Algiers has killed 43 people and wounded 38.

A bomb attack east of Algiers has killed 43 people and wounded 38.

An Algerian Interior Ministry statement said today's attack targeted a paramilitary gendarmerie training school at Issers 55 kilometres east of the Algerian capital.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.  The official APS news agency earlier reported a "terrorist attack" had take place at Issers, without giving details.

In recent months the mountainous region east of Algiers has seen numerous attacks by a- Qaeda's north Africa wing, which is fighting to set up purist Islamic rule in the north African country, a major oil and gas supplier to Europe.

A suicide car bombing killed at least six civilians in Zemmouri, also east of Algiers, on August 10th in an attack on a coast guard barracks and an adjacent post of the gendarmerie.

The government said the attack may have been retaliation for an army ambush that killed 12 rebels in mountainous Kabylie region during the night of August 7th and 8th.

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Reuters