Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for a bombing in Algiers in April
Many dead in Algeria suicide blast
A suicide car bomb has killed at least eight people and wounded 30 near an Algerian military barracks southeast of the capital.
The attack occurred on Wednesday in the town of Lakhdaria, about 120km southeast of Algiers in the region of Kabylie, local media and witnesses reported.
Most of the injured were reported to be working at the barracks.
The owner of a coffee shop in Lakhdaria said: "I heard a terrible explosion. I first thought it was an earthquake but soon I found out it was an attack against the barracks."
Games marred
The bombing came on the same day as the opening of the Africa Games, one of the continent's biggest sporting events, which is taking place in Algiers and also in Blida and Boumerdes, two towns in Kabylie.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
However, an al-Qaeda-aligned armed group previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) has claimed responsibility for similar attacks in recent months, including a triple suicide bombing in Algiers that killed 33 people on April 11.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the Algerian president, asked the army in early July to step up attacks on Islamist fighters, saying they were "enemies of the people".