A branch of the notorious al-Qaida organization in the North
Africa claimed responsibility for the two suicide bombings that
took place in Algeria, pan-Arab satellite TV al-Jazeera reported on
Sunday.
The TV report quoted a web statement by the organization, the
al-Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, as confirming that it
was the group which launched the two deadly attacks on Sept. 6 and
Sept. 8.
However, the statement did not give details about the
attacks.
A suicide bombing rocked on Saturday the Mediterranean port town
of Dellys, 100 km east of the capital of Algiers, leaving at least
30 people dead and 47 others injured. The attack was the second to
hit the country in three days.
Another suicide bombing attack struck the eastern Algerian city
of Batna on Thursday, killing 22 people and wounding 107
others.
(Xinhua News Agency September 10, 2007)
