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Algerian state media: 4 killed by roadside bomb

Roadside bomb has killed four people and wounded 19 in the east of Algeria.

The Algerian state news agency says a roadside bomb has killed four people and wounded 19 east of the capital.

The bomb was triggered as a military convoy passed through the district of Boumerdes,45 kilometres from Algiers.

The agency says a bus carrying civilian passengers was travelling behind the convoy. There were conflicting reports as to whether the victims were military,civilian or both.

The area is known as a stronghold of the North African branch of the al-Qaida movement.

On Wednesday,in the same district,a bomb targeting a police convoy exploded,but no one was killed.

 

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