Bomb Blast at Market Near Algiers Kills 16
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ALGIERS — A bomb killed at least 16 people and wounded 61 as it ripped through a crowded open-air market in a suburb of the Algerian capital Friday, security forces said.
The official Algerian Press Service reported that the dead included three children.
Witnesses said many of the wounded were taken by private vans and trucks to hospitals.
Crying and anxious people massed outside Zemerli hospital, about half a mile from the market, seeking news of relatives, including many children who had been at the site when the bomb went off.
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