Al-Qaeda link to Algiers bombs
Ian Black and Hugh Macleod Oran
Algeria suffered its worst violence since its long civil war on Wednesday when terrorists affiliated to al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for twin bombings in the capital, Algiers, that killed up to 30 people and wounded more than 100 others.
Algerian Prime Minister Abdel-Aziz Belkhadem condemned what he called “cowardly and criminal attacks” after separate blasts at his own office in the centre of Algiers and shortly after at a police station.
“The whole block of the entrance to the prime minister’s office blew up,” said one eyewitness. Scores of ambulances converged on the residential neighbourhood while dazed survivors were led from the badly damaged six-storey building.
