43 dead in attack against Algerian police academy

August 19, 2008 07:34 am

— ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Algerian Interior Ministry says a suicide car bombing targeting a police academy has killed at least 43 people and injured 38.
The ministry says in a statement that the death toll was a “preliminary estimate” for the attack early Tuesday in the Les Issers district of Boumerdes, some 35 miles east of the capital, Algiers.
A security official at the school told The Associated Press the attack occurred as young applicants were in line, waiting to register at the local police academy.
He spoke on condition of anonymity because he isn’t authorized to discuss such matters with the media.