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Car bomb attack in east Algeria Car bomb attack in east Algeria
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At least two people have been killed and more than 20 injured in a car bomb attack on a barracks on Algeria's east coast, local officials have said.At least two people have been killed and more than 20 injured in a car bomb attack on a barracks on Algeria's east coast, local officials have said.
The attack happened in the town of Dellys about 100km (62 miles) east of the capital, Algiers.The attack happened in the town of Dellys about 100km (62 miles) east of the capital, Algiers.
Officials had put the death toll at 10, but they later said there had been confusion because some of the injured were so severely hurt they looked dead.Officials had put the death toll at 10, but they later said there had been confusion because some of the injured were so severely hurt they looked dead.
It comes just two days after 20 people died in a suicide bomb attack in Batna.It comes just two days after 20 people died in a suicide bomb attack in Batna.
That bomb exploded in a crowd awaiting a visit to the town by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. He later blamed Islamic militants for the attack.That bomb exploded in a crowd awaiting a visit to the town by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. He later blamed Islamic militants for the attack.
There has been no claim of responsibility for either attack.There has been no claim of responsibility for either attack.
'Islamic militants'
Appearing on television soon after the Batna incident, Mr Bouteflika said Islamic militants were behind the attack.Appearing on television soon after the Batna incident, Mr Bouteflika said Islamic militants were behind the attack.
He denounced them as "criminals", trying to disrupt his policy of national reconciliation, which is aimed at ending 15 years of fighting between the army and groups trying to set up an Islamic state.He denounced them as "criminals", trying to disrupt his policy of national reconciliation, which is aimed at ending 15 years of fighting between the army and groups trying to set up an Islamic state.
"Terrorist acts have absolutely nothing in common with the noble values of Islam," the official APS news agency quoted the president as saying."Terrorist acts have absolutely nothing in common with the noble values of Islam," the official APS news agency quoted the president as saying.
In April, two bombs killed 23 people in Algiers. A group calling itself Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said it had carried out those attacks.In April, two bombs killed 23 people in Algiers. A group calling itself Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said it had carried out those attacks.