The New Nation - Internet Edition

AFP, Dellys

Algeria was rocked by its second suicide bomb atack in three days on Saturday when a blast ripped through a naval barracks, with an Al-Qaeda offshoot later claiming responsibility for the blast that killed at least 30 people.

The north African branch of Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for that atack and Thursday's apparent assassination atempt on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in the eastern city of Batna, Al-Jazeera television reported Sunday citing a statement posted on the Internet from the group.

On Thursday, 22 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when a man exploded a device in a crowd waiting to meet Bouteflika in Batna.