Publication Date:
Thu, 2011-08-18 17:52
A statement posted Thursday on Al-Qaeda affiliated militant websites said Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb targeted the police station in the city of Tizi Ouzou on Sunday.
Algeria’s official APS news agency had reported that a suicide bomber crashed a small truck into the police station, and that 15 officers and 14 civilians were injured. Nearby buildings saw doors ripped off and windows broken.
Algeria has seen a wave of scattered attacks in the past several weeks.
Tizi Ouzou is the capital of the Kabylie region, an AQIM stronghold.
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