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The attack by some 40 militants occurred early Friday on a motorway near the city of Batna, some 430 kilometres east of the capital
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The attacker was part of a crowd awaiting a visit by the president in the centre of Batna.
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika in the eastern city of Batna, which left 22 people dead.
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Both attacks - at Dellys on Saturday killing 30 people and at Batna on Thursday killing 22 - have been claimed by the north African branch of Al-Qaeda.
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Targets have included the government headquarters in Algiers, barracks in Lakhdaria and Dellys, and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's convoy in Batna.
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Bouteflika was immediately informed and immediately visited survivors of the attack at the main hospital in Batna.
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The move touched off an insurgency that still simmers with attacks like Thursday's bombing in the eastern town of Batna, which left at least 16 dead and scores wounded.
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However, Belhadj's arrest followed a recent renewal in terrorist activity, including a suicide bombing in the eastern city of Batna during a visit there by Bouteflika on September 6, then a blast at a naval barracks in Dellys on Saturday, two days later.
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Bouteflkika appeared on television just after the bomb attack near a mosque in the city of Batna to denounce the attackers as "criminals" and vow to pursue his national reconciliation policy.
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Responsibility for both attacks - at Dellys on Saturday killing 30 people and at Batna on Thursday killing 22 - have been claimed by the north African branch of Al Qaeda.
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