Deadly bombings hit Algerian town

Twelve people have been killed and 42 injured by twin car bombs that hit a barracks and a bus in Bouira, south-east of the Algerian capital.

The government said the blasts went off 15 minutes apart early on Wednesday.

The attacks come one day after a car bomb killed 48 people and injured a further 38 at a police college near Boumerdes, east of Algiers.

In recent months Algeria has suffered regular attacks blamed on Islamist insurgents linked to al-Qaeda.

The country has been rebuilding with the help of oil and gas profits after a brutal civil conflict in which Islamist militants led an insurgency against state security forces in the 1990s.

Many recent attacks have happened in the area east and south of Algiers, which borders the mountainous Berber region of Kabylia.