Suicide blast in Algeria kills 8
Afp, Algiers
A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into an army barracks in Algeria yesterday, killing eight people, security sources and witnesses said. Witnesses said the bomber drove the vehicle at high speed into the barracks in Lakhdaria, southeast of the capital Algiers. The eight killed included both soldiers and civilians, the sources said, but did not indicate the number of wounded. They said the death toll could rise. Several ambulances took the casualties to hospital. In April, 30 people were killed and more than 220 injured in triple suicide bombings in Algiers claimed by the extremist Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC). The group last September pledged its allegiance to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and renamed itself as Al-Qaeda's branch in Islamic Mahgreb.
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