Bomb attacks kill 12 in Algeria

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ALGIERS, June 9 (AFP): A double bomb attack in the town of Lakhdaria, east of Algiers, killed 12 people, including several members of the security forces, a French engineer and his driver, security sources said Sunday.

The car carrying the engineer hit the device as it left the worksite of the French company, Razel, for which he was working, mortally wounding him.

The other victims, including several members of the civil protection force, were caught in a second blast as they ran to help the engineer and his driver, said the sources.