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Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens in Algeria

Attack occurs at police training academy near capital of Algiers

By the Associated Press

Posted Aug 19, 2008 6:34 AM CDT

(AP) – A suicide car bomber struck a police academy in Algeria today, killing at least 43 people and injuring 38, says the country’s Interior Ministry.  The toll was a "preliminary estimate" for the attack in Boumerdes, some 35 miles east of Algiers. The attack occurred as young applicants were in line to register at the academy. No group has claimed responsibility, but the north African nation has suffered regular attacks blamed on al-Qaeda.

A suicide bombing killed dozens at an Algerian police academy.
A suicide bombing killed dozens at an Algerian police academy.   (Shutterstock)
A suicide bombing killed some 43 at an Algerian police academy.
A suicide bombing killed some 43 at an Algerian police academy.   (Shutterstock)
A suicide bombing killed dozens at an Algerian police academy.
A suicide bombing killed dozens at an Algerian police academy.   (Shutterstock)
Rescuers work at the site of a bomb blast in Algiers, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007. Car bomb attacks targeting United Nations offices and a government council killed at least 45 people and injured dozens of others in Algeria's capital on Tuesday, authorities said. At least 12 U.N. staff members...
Rescuers work at the site of a bomb blast in Algiers, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007. Car bomb attacks targeting United Nations offices and a government council killed at least 45 people and injured dozens of...   (AP Photo)
Gendarmes and police officers secure the area of an explosion site in a military barracks, background, in Algiers, Algeria, Wednesday, June 4, 2008.. Two bombs exploded in a coastal neighborhood east of the Algerian capital, killing one person and injuring six others, a security official said.
Gendarmes and police officers secure the area of an explosion site in a military barracks, background, in Algiers, Algeria, Wednesday, June 4, 2008.. Two bombs exploded in a coastal neighborhood east...   (AP Photo/Ouahab Hebbat)
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