Two policemen stand as the Algerian national flag flies during a march of thousands of auxiliary police near the Parliament in Algiers on March 7, 2011 to demand a pay raise, breaking through heavy security to reach parliament in a rare mass show of dissent in the tightly controlled country. — Photo by AFP

ALGIERS: A bomb struck a vehicle in Algeria and killed five people, media reported Wednesday, in the deadliest attack in months as the country battles violence blamed on militants.

Three of the people killed in Tuesday's blast were from the same family, local media reported.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack, which struck close to Djelfa, about 270 kilometres south of the capital Algiers.

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