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TIMELINE: Bombings in Algeria

Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:13am EDT

(Reuters) - A double car bombing in Algeria killed at least 11 people on Wednesday just one day after an attack killed 43 people at a military academy, the Algerian press agency APS said, quoting the Interior Ministry.

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There was no immediate claim of responsibility but similar attacks have been attributed to al Qaeda's north African branch.

Here is a chronology of recent attacks in Algeria:

February 13, 2007 - Seven bombs go off almost simultaneously in Algeria, killing six people east of Algiers.

March 4 - Three Algerians and a Russian are killed in a roadside attack southwest of Algiers.

April 11 - Bombs kill 33 people in Algiers in attacks claimed by al Qaeda.

July 11 - Suicide car bomb outside barracks kills eight in Kabylie region east of Algiers. Al Qaeda claims responsibility.

September 6 - Al Qaeda suicide bomb attack before a scheduled visit by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika kills 20 people and wounds 107 in Batna, southeast of Algiers.

September 8 - Al Qaeda car bomb kills 37 people at a coast guard barracks in the port of Dellys, east of Algiers.

December 11 - Two blasts kill at least 41 people, including 17 U.N. staff in Algiers at U.N. offices. Al Qaeda claims responsibility.

January 2, 2008 - Al Qaeda suicide bomber rams into a police station in Naciria, east of Algiers, killing four policemen.

January 29 - Al Qaeda car bomb explodes at police station in Thenia, east of Algiers. At least two people are killed.

June 5 - Six soldiers killed when convoy hit a bomb planted by rebels in coastal village of Cap Djinet, east of Algiers.

June 8 - French engineer and driver killed east of Algiers.

August 3 - Suicide attack in Tizi Ouzou town east of Algiers wounds 25 people. Al Qaeda says it is responsible.

August 9 - Suicide bombing kills six in the coastal town of Zemmouri el Bahri 45 km (28 miles) east of the Algiers. Eighteen people are wounded.

August 19 - A bomb attack, targeting a paramilitary gendarmerie training school at Issers, 55 km (34 miles) east of Algiers, kills 43. At least 38 people are wounded.

August 20 - A double bombing kills 11 people. At least 31 people, including four military personnel, are wounded in the bombings at Bouira, 150 km (90 miles) east of Algiers.



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