At least two soldiers would be killed in a bomb explosion which occurred in Lakhdaria town (120 km east of Algiers) while another bomb went off in Boumerdes Province (5o km east of Algiers) on Wednesday. The first attack targeted a Gendarmerie National station at 5 p.m. in Souk Alhad area, 20 km west of Lakhdaria and the second bomb was blown up four hours later at a judicial police station in midtown Lakhdaria, according to corroborating sources. Residents said they were scared as they heard the sound of the explosion. Because of that, they did not leave their homes.
On the other hand, witnesses confirmed that the bomb had seriously damaged the judicial police building without giving more details about the number of possible victims neither did they say how the explosion occurred. The damages show that people were killed in the attack, said the same sources. Several gunshots were heard after the explosion which occured in Lakhdaria. That means an armed clash would have taken place between Algerian security forces and terrorists after the attack.
A total of 41 people were killed and many were wounded in a two suicide attacks at the Constitutional Council and the office of UN refugee agency in Algiers. The attacks were claimed by the so-called Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.