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| Security guard killed, another injured in bomb attack in Algeria |
| 2007-09-22 |
| (KUNA) -- A security guard of an Indian company was killed when an improvised explosive charge, planted in front of the company headquarters south Algiers, went off Friday. The attack took place in Al-Are'aa area, Blida state, some 54 km south Algiers. The bomb was planted close to the main entrance of the company which is active in the high voltage power grids. It damaged the external fence of the company, according to a local police source. Al-Qaeda Organization in Islamic Maghreb Countries threatened previously to target foreign companies in Algeria. In Sepetember, 2006, the militant organization ambushed a bus carrying personnel of the US Halliburton Co. in Buchawi area, east of Algiers. The attack left two workers, a Lebanese and an Algerian, killed. The organization also attacked a Russian firm in Al-Modia, 100 km south Algiers, killing three Russian workers. |
| Posted by:Fred |