Algiers bomb attacks work of Al-Qaeda: minister

Algerian interior minister Y Zerhouni blames Al-Qaeda for car bomb attacks in Algiers, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.

Algerian Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni blamed Tuesday's car bomb attacks in Algiers on the local branch of Al-Qaeda, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC).

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"We are sure that it is the work of the GSPC," Zerhouni told a press conference.

Zerhouni put the official death toll from the twin car bombings, which devastated a UN office at 22, despite estimates from hospital sources that more than 60 people had been killed.