Suicide attack kills five people and wounds 30 in Algeria

Five people were killed and 30 were wounded in a suicide attack on a paramilitary police barracks in Timizar area (68 km east of Algiers) Thursday night.

• The suicide bomber was driving a truck and attacked the barracks from the back fence avoiding the main entrance.
• One of the killed victims was a 48-year-old Chinese man and a 30-year-old Algerian citizen. They were passing by the barracks when the bombs blew up. Three gendarmes died on the way to hospital while 30 wounded people received first-aid treatment.
• The explosion was followed by a 30-minute violent clash where gendarmes killed six terrorists.
• Witnesses said terrorists were trying to perpetrate a massacre as their leaders were heard ordering to kill any person passing by that way.
• According to the same source, the attack caused damage to buildings next to the barracks and raised panic among residents.