The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, Algiers

A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside a police station in northern Algeria, killing at least three people and wounding several others, security officials said.

The blast in the city of Thenia, some 40 miles east of the capital Algiers, seriously damaged several nearby houses, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.

A wave of recent attacks in Algeria has signaled that Islamic fighters are regrouping in the country, where military crackdowns and amnesty offers had thinned the insurgents' ranks.

Earlier this month, four people died when a vehicle rigged with explosives slammed into the police station in the town of Naciria, east of Algiers.