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Car Bomb Kills 12 in Algeria
by Jarrett Martineau | August 20, 2008 at 12:06 pm | 296 views | 2 comments | 0 recommendations
12 Algerian employees of Canadian construction and engineering company, SNC-Lavalin Group, were killed Wednesday after a car bomb exploded near a water treatment facility in Algeria.
The explosion is being investigated by local authorities and the company.
A car bombing in Algeria Wednesday killed 12 employees of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and wounded 15 others, the company said.The Algerian employees of the construction and engineering company were on a bus headed to work at a water treatment facility in the North African country.
“It is with the greatest sadness that SNC-Lavalin learned of a terrorist attack earlier today on a bus carrying its Algerian employees to work on the Koudiat Acerdoune water treatment plant and distribution project in Algeria,” the company said in a statement.
SNC-Lavalin spokeswoman Gillian MacCormack said it was not clear whether the Canadian company had been singled out as a target in the attack.
The blast was one of two in Algeria Wednesday, the latest attacks in a lingering Islamist insurgency.
August 20, 2008 at 12:06 pm by Jarrett Martineau, 296 views, 2 comments
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at 12:08 on August 20th, 2008
This story would benefit from other NowPublic contributors working on it. I've flagged it as News Wanted and invite others in relevant locations to look for more evidence.
at 03:49 on August 21st, 2008
I talked to relatives and Friends in Alger and Oran and no one has yet heard of it there!