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| Deadly bombings hit Algerian town | Deadly bombings hit Algerian town |
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| Eleven people have been killed and 31 injured by twin car bombs at a hotel and a barracks in Bouira, south east of the Algerian capital, state media says. | |
| Witnesses said the blasts went off in quick succession. | |
| The attacks come one day after a car bomb killed 43 people and injured a further 38 at a police college near Boumerdes, east of Algiers. | |
| Algeria has suffered frequent bomb attacks blamed on Islamist insurgents linked to al-Qaeda. | Algeria has suffered frequent bomb attacks blamed on Islamist insurgents linked to al-Qaeda. |
| Many of the attacks have been concentrated in the area east and south of Algiers. | Many of the attacks have been concentrated in the area east and south of Algiers. |
| Wednesday's bombs went off in front of the Hotel Sofi and the military headquarters in Bouira, which is about 120km (70 miles) from Algiers, state media reported. | |
| One of the bombs ripped off the front of the military headquarters, and the blasts could be heard in a radius of several hundred metres, witnesses said. | One of the bombs ripped off the front of the military headquarters, and the blasts could be heard in a radius of several hundred metres, witnesses said. |