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Bombs explode in Algeria

December 30, 1996
Web posted at: 1:45 p.m. EST (1845 GMT)

ALGERIA (CNN) -- Two bombs have wounded 18 people, two of them seriously, in northeastern Algeria, Algerian newspapers said on Monday.

One of the bombs outside the capital, planted on a road in the coastal region of Kolea, 25 miles (40 km) west of Algiers, went off on Sunday hitting a vehicle carrying workers, said El Watan newspaper. The blast wounded 10 people, including two seriously, it said.

Eight villagers were wounded on Saturday when a bomb exploded under the truck in which they were traveling in Zinedine, a village 75 miles southwest of Algiers, said Liberte newspaper. Twenty-eight people in the same region were killed early Sunday by Muslim fundamentalists, Algerian security forces reported.

Also on Sunday, security forces said a bomb in an Algiers cafe wounded 20 people. However, hospital and other sources said the cafe blast wounded 53 and the newspaper l'Authentique said on Monday that one of these had since died.

About 60,000 people have been killed in Algeria since early 1992 when authorities canceled a general election in which Islamists had taken a commanding first-round lead.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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