Massacre, car bomb add to surge of violence in Algiers

December 29, 1996
Web posted at: 12:00 p.m. EST (1700 GMT)

ALGIERS, Algeria (CNN) -- Fundamentalists Muslims are blamed for a pre-dawn attack that killed more than two dozen people in a small village southwest of Algiers.

The raid was the fifth mass killing this month. A car bomb exploded in Algiers a few hours later, the third such explosion this week. At least 20 people were injured.

More than 80 people have died in violence this month, many with their throats slit. More than 150 have been wounded in the last week alone.

The Islamic militants have waged a five-year insurgency against Algeria's government.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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