‘Algeria suicide blast kills 22’

Published September 9, 2007

DELLYS (Algeria), Sept 8: A suicide truck bomber destroyed a coastguard barracks in Algeria on Saturday, killing 22 people, residents and hospital sources said, in the second such attack in the country in as many days.The blast in the port of Dellys, 100kms east of Algiers, took place less than 48 hours after a suicide bombing in Batna town killed 20 people in an attack seen by the government as a bid to wreck efforts to end 15 years of political violence.—Agencies

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