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Marsipulami
11-12-07, 10:29
27 doden bij gelijktijdige aanslagen in Algerije
HLN update In de Algerijnse hoofdstad Algiers zijn vanmorgen bij twee gelijktijdige aanslagen minstens zevenentwintig mensen om het leven gekomen. Dat melden medische- en veiligheidsbronnen aan het Franse persbureau AFP. Hetzelfde aantal wordt genoemd op de nieuwszender al-Arabija.
Studenten
De eerste ontploffing gebeurde ter hoogte van het hooggerechtshof in Ben Aknoun in een bus die studenten vervoerde. De andere explosie deed zich voor in de residentiële naburige wijk Hydra. Daar bevinden zich de nieuwe kantoren van het ministerie van Energie en Financiën, verscheidene consulaten en diplomatieke residenties.
Volgens het plaatselijke ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken werden de aanslagen gepleegd met twee bomauto's en zijn ze het werk van een zelfmoordterrorist. (belga/svm)
Shemharosh
11-12-07, 12:53
We bemoeien ons niet met Algerijnse zaken!
Dozens killed in Algeria bombings
At least 62 people have died in two bomb blasts in the Algerian capital, Algiers, officials have said.
The first explosion blew apart a bus packed with students in the Ben Aknoun district, near the Supreme Court.
That was followed shortly afterwards by a second blast at the United Nations offices in the Hydra neighbourhood. At least 13 UN staff members are missing.
Throughout 2007 there have been a series of bomb attacks across Algeria in which scores of people have died.
No group has yet admitted responsibility for Tuesday's attacks, but correspondents say the manner of the bombings and choice of targets suggest the involvement of the North African branch of al-Qaeda.
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem called off a cabinet meeting to visit hospitals where the injured were being treated.
"These are crimes that targeted innocent people. Students and school children were among the victims. Nothing can justify the crime," he said.
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, also condemned the bombings, saying they were "just unacceptable".
"I would like to condemn it in the strongest terms. It cannot be justified in any circumstances," he told reporters.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, whose staff were caught in the blast, told the BBC that he had "no doubt that the UN was targeted".
The US government called the attacks an act of "senseless violence" on the innocent by the "enemies of humanity".
Students killed
In the attack near the court, a bus packed with university students was passing by the vehicle containing the bomb when it exploded at around 0930 (0830 GMT).
Security officials said the bus took the full force of the blast and was ripped apart, killing and injuring many of those on board.
At the UN offices in Hydra, it was the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) building which bore the brunt of the blast. A residential building and the UNHCR headquarters across the road were also damaged, witnesses said.
Sophie Haspeslagh, who works for the UNDP, told the BBC that she was in a corridor when the blast occurred.
"Everything shattered. Everything fell. I hid under a piece of furniture so I wouldn't be hit by the debris," she said.
"I was holding my jacket on my face because I couldn't breathe."
Ms Haspeslagh said a large part of the UNDP building was destroyed and it was feared people were trapped inside.
A spokesman for the UNDP, Jean Fabre, said at least 12 UN staff members were missing, while the UNHCR said one of its drivers had been killed and another was missing.
'Suicide bomber'
Algerian Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni said the explosions had been caused by two car bombs, and that the one at the UN was triggered by a suicide bomber.
Ms Haspeslagh said one of her colleagues had seen a white van drive into the main UN offices then explode.
There has been no claim of responsibility.
There have been a series of bomb attacks across Algeria during the past year in which scores of people have died.
In September more than 50 people were killed in suicide attacks - one of them involved a truck packed with explosives being driven into a coast-guard base.
Al-Qaeda link?
Members of the public have recently held rallies in protest at the upsurge in violence.
VIOLENCE IN 2007
6 September: 22 die in bombing in Batna claimed by al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb
8 September: 32 die in bombing in Dellys claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
July: Suicide bomber targets barracks near Bouira, killing nine
May: Dozens killed in run-up to elections, in fighting between military and militants
April: 33 killed in Algiers in attacks claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
March: Three Algerians and a Russian killed in attack on gas pipeline workers
February: Seven bombs kill six east of Algiers
Many of the recent blasts have been claimed by members of al-Qaeda's North Africa wing, calling themselves al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, including a triple suicide bombing in Algiers in April which killed 33 people.
The militant group was previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) but changed its name when it joined forces with al-Qaeda last year.
BBC regional analyst Roger Hardy says it is unclear how far the group really is linked to Osama Bin Laden's organisation, and how far it is merely inspired by it.
What is worrying Western experts and North African governments is the possibility that radical Islamists in the region no longer have a merely local agenda but are linked to a wider web of international networks.
Algeria suffered a brutal and bloody civil war in the 1990s, but in recent years violence had declined.
Wat een stel ontstellende losers.
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Mijn zus woont in Hydra.
En...?
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En...?
Geschrokken. Ze is gisteren vertrokken naar onze stad aan de andere kant van Algerije.
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Geschrokken. Ze is gisteren vertrokken naar onze stad aan de andere kant van Algerije.
Gelukkig ongedeerd dus.
Woont ze naast het nest van de internationale ongelovigen?
'Infidels' den'
In an unverified online statement, a group calling itself al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb said two vehicles packed with 800kg (1,700lb) of explosives each were used in the blasts.
The group labelled the UN buildings an "international infidels' den" and called on Western leaders to "heed the demands of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden".
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Gelukkig ongedeerd dus.
Hmdl wel ja.
Geplaatst door mark61
Woont ze naast het nest van de internationale ongelovigen?
'Infidels' den'
In an unverified online statement, a group calling itself al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb said two vehicles packed with 800kg (1,700lb) of explosives each were used in the blasts.
The group labelled the UN buildings an "international infidels' den" and called on Western leaders to "heed the demands of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden".
Ik ben gelukkig een national infidile. Heb niks te vrezen dus.
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Geschrokken. Ze is gisteren vertrokken naar onze stad aan de andere kant van Algerije.
Gelukkig maar. Daar is het natuurlijk ook niet altijd pluis, maar een stuk pluizer wel.
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Gelukkig maar. Daar is het natuurlijk ook niet altijd pluis, maar een stuk pluizer wel.
Aan die kant gebeurd er (nog) niks. Altijd rustig daar.
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Aan die kant gebeurd er (nog) niks. Altijd rustig daar.
Nu wel. Vroeger minder. Maar relatief wel rustig geloof ik. Ken je de histoire de Seraidi?
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Nu wel. Vroeger minder. Maar relatief wel rustig geloof ik. Ken je de histoire de Seraidi?
Aan de kant waar ik woon gebeurd nu ook niks.
Denk dat ik dat zelf beter weet dan jij. ;)
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Aan de kant waar ik woon gebeurd nu ook niks.
Denk dat ik dat zelf beter weet dan jij. ;)
Zeg ik. Had het over vroegah :cheefbek:
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Zeg ik. Had het over vroegah :cheefbek:
Las het anders...Dat het vroeger rustig was en nu niet. :tik:
Maar bij ons zijn er nooit echt veel problemen geweest...
Maar de angst zit er erg diep in bij iedereen.
Daar zijn echt vreselijke dingen gebeurd. :verdriet: