Al-Qaeda claims Algeria bomb attack

Posted by Robert on January 2, 2008 1:58 PM

Another victory for the glorious mujahedin, the lovers of death. "Algeria: Al-Qaeda claims northern attack," from [1] AKI (thanks to Sr. Soph):

Naciriya, 2 Jan. (AKI) - Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed Wednesday's deadly bomb attack against a police station in the northern town of Niciriya, in Boumerdes province, east of Algiers, Arabic satellite TV network al-Arabiya reported.

A suicide bomber, named as Abdullah, blew himself up in the attack, in which a truck with 500 kilgrammes of TNT explosives, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said, quoted by al-Arabiya.

The bombing killed at least three people and wounded seven, according to the interior ministry. It provided no further details of the attack.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/01/al-qaeda-claims-algeria-bomb-attack.html

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