A suicide car bombing killed eight people east of Algiers last night. The blast, which also wounded 19 people, happened at about 9pm (Irish time) in the coastal town of Zemmouri el Bahri 45 km east of the Algerian capital.
The immediate target of the bomber was not identified and and there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.
A similar suicide bombing that wounded 25 people in Tizi Ouzou town east of Algiers on August 3rd targeted a police station and was claimed by al Qaeda's north Africa wing, the al Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic
Maghreb.
Qaeda said that attack was a message to "the sons of France and the slaves of America" that it was ready to inflict more violence to defend that it called the Islamic nation.