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| Five men suspected of carrying out two suicide attacks, including one on UN offices, in Algiers in December have been arrested, reports say. | |
| "With these arrests, all the attacks committed recently in the Algiers region have been cleared up," AFP quoted the interior ministry as saying. | "With these arrests, all the attacks committed recently in the Algiers region have been cleared up," AFP quoted the interior ministry as saying. |
| The two suicide blasts on 11 December killed at least 41 people, including at least 17 UN staff. | The two suicide blasts on 11 December killed at least 41 people, including at least 17 UN staff. |
| The two attacks were claimed by al-Qaeda's North African branch. | The two attacks were claimed by al-Qaeda's North African branch. |
| The ministry identified the five as a computer expert, three businessmen and a delivery driver, adding their leader, Abderrahmane Bouzegza, was killed by the army on 28 January at Boumerdes, east of the capital. | |
| The interior ministry said the blasts were the work of the El Farouk Brigade, which was responsible for a number of other attacks in the last two years. | |
| The double car bombing in the Algerian capital targeted the UN refugee agency and a government building. |