Algeria under shock after double bombing
Latest update : 2008-06-10
As Algerian state radio denied rumors of new terrorist attacks on Monday, the company employing the French engineer who was among the 13 victims in Sunday's twin bomb blasts said it was moving its French staff back to France.
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“We’ve just decided that the three other French workers on the building site would fly back to
First French citizen killed since 1994
“Sunday’s attacks were clearly aimed at French presence in the country,” suggests
Over a decade ago, a series of bloody attacks across
“Obviously, this is very worrying,” says Jean-Bernard Cadier in the wake of the recent wave of attacks, “particularly at a time when
Over the last five days,
Nicolas Sarkozy condemns the blasts
Though no one has so far claimed the attacks, Sunday’s twin blasts took place in Boumerdès province, a region where Islamist rebels are known to be active. The bomb that killed the engineer Pierre Nowacki was activated by remote control as his car left the building site east of
Over in
Acknowledging that
In 2007, several French companies decided to send the families of their employees back home after al Qaeda’s deputy commander Ayman al-Zawahiri called on Islamist militants to “cleanse”
Date created : 2008-06-09