Twelve die in Algerian bombing

by cynthia yoo | June 8, 2008 at 12:51 pm

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Two explosions at a train station have killed at least twelve and rocked the Algerian capital.

Two bombs detonated within minutes in the town of Beni Amrane in Boumerdes region, 50kms (30 miles) from Algiers.
The first bomb, apparently detonated by remote control, killed a French citizen and his Algerian driver as they were leaving the town's railway station.

The second device exploded as rescue workers arrived at the scene. No-one has yet claimed responsibility.

The bombing comes as the latest of a series of attacks by suspected Islamist militants.

A bomb attack by suspected Islamist militants killed six soldiers in the same province on Thursday.

That strike came a day after a bomber attacked barracks in eastern Algiers.

Security forces blame the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb movement.

Last December, 41 people, including 17 UN employees, were killed in truck bomb attacks in Algiers.