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Underground Islamist groups target Algerian armed forces
Apr 15, 2007, 11:43 GMT
Algiers - Algerian media on Sunday reported several deadly attacks in which Islamist underground fighters targeted armed forces in the wake of twin suicide bombings in which 33 people were killed and dozens seriously injured.
The explosions in the capital Algiers, for which the radical Islamic group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility, have raised fears of fresh attacks.
Police said, however, suspicious vehicles and articles were being destroyed.
Four soldiers were killed and two others wounded in an attach on a military base in Boumerdes, 50 kilometres east of Algiers, on Saturday, according to reports.
In clashes between fighters from the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb group and a military patrol near Algiers, another soldier was killed and two others injured.
Two civilians were meanwhile reported to have been shot in an attack by five Islamic fighters in the Berber village of Ait Mahmoud in Tizi Ouzou.
The twin attacks Wednesday on a government building in the heart of the capital Algiers and a police station in an eastern suburb killed at least 33 people and left more than 220 injured, 57 of whom were still in hospital on Thursday.
The Algerian news agency on Sunday quoted the country's interior minister as saying the suicide bomber who carried out Wednesday's attack had been identified.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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