Suicide bombing at military post kills 10 soldiers in Algeria

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ALGIERS, July 11 (AP): A suicide bomber blew up a refrigerator truck loaded with explosives at a military encampment outside this capital Wednesday, killing 10 soldiers and wounding 35, a security official said.
Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb, the region's most active terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the attack, the TV network Al Jazeera reported.
The bombing came on opening day of the Africa Games, one of the continent's biggest sporting events, with competitions staged here in Algiers and the towns of Blida, south of the capital, and Boumerdes, to the east. Thousands of athletes, from 52 countries, will compete in 27 sports.
The site of the bombing was midway between Blida and Boumerdes.
The truck drove into the post on the edge of Lakhdaria, a town 50 miles southeast of Algiers in the restive region of Kabylie, as doors opened in the morning for arriving personnel, the security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official said that eight soldiers died in the initial blast and that two more died on their way to a hospital.
Al Jazeera played a recorded message from someone it identified as a spokesman for the terrorist group, though it did not give his name or say how it obtained the recording.
"Our martyr, with God's help and might, managed to infiltrate the heart of the military camp," the voice said, "and exploded in the middle of the courtyard." The recording's authenticity could not be independently verified.