Dozens killed in bomb attack

A bomb at a police college east of the Algerian capital, Algiers, has killed 43 people and injured a further 38, the interior ministry says. The bombing targeted a paramilitary police training school at Issers, near Boumerdes, about 60km (40 miles) east of Algiers. An attacker drove a car full of explosives into the school's entrance, witnesses told the AFP news agency. Algeria has suffered regular attacks blamed on militants linked to al-Qaeda. Tuesday's attack targeted exam candidates who were waiting outside the police school, witnesses said. Civilians as well as security officials were among the victims, they added. The bomb destroyed the entrance to the school as well as several nearby buildings.