By DPA
Paris/Algiers : At least 27 people were killed and 43 others injured when two car bombs exploded in the Algerian capital Algiers Tuesday, French television news channel BFM said, citing government sources.
One bomb was reported to have exploded near a bus carrying students in the vicinity of the Algerian Supreme Court, while the second explosion took place in a neighbouring residential district.
The bombs were detonated within 10 minutes of each other. Television pictures showed a large crater and a damaged high-rise building at one of the explosion sites.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the bombings, but the Al Qaeda group in the Islamic Maghreb has carried out several deadly attacks in Algeria since the beginning of the year.
The group was formerly known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) and was integrated in the Al Qaeda network in January.