Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A suicide car bomber rammed into a police academy as applicants lined up to register for classes early Tuesday, killing at least 43 people and injuring 45, officials said. The bombing in the town of Les Issers in the Boumerdes region, 35 miles east of the capital, Algiers, was the deadliest attack in recent years in the North African country. No group has yet claimed responsibility, but the country's al-Qaeda affiliate has said it was behind a series of bombings in the past two years. Tuesday's attack was the deadliest in years, according to official death toll figures. Most attacks have targeted the Algerian national security services and military, while others have struck foreigners. In December, a double suicide bombing in Algiers killed 41 people, including 17 U.N. workers. In April 2007, coordinated suicide strikes against the main government offices in central Algiers and a police station killed 33. Al-Qaeda in Islamic North Africa, formerly known as the GSPC, grew out of an insurgency in the 1990s, which left as many as 200,000 dead.