A bomb to the east of the Algerian capital, Algiers, has killed 43 people and injured a further 38, the interior ministry has said.
The attack took place at a paramilitary police training school at Issers, about 60km (40 miles) east of the capital, the ministry said.
News reports described the attack as a suicide bombing.
In recent months Algeria has suffered regular attacks blamed on Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda.
Most recently a suicide bomb at a beach resort killed eight people on 10 August.
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(BBC)
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