The Kabylia region is the only place in Algeria where people are openly against islamism and are laic. Funny that the Algerian authorities have killed more pacific citizens during the 2001 riots than islamic terrorists ever. In fact, terrorists got immunity from the gouvernment and they get payed for doing the job. How long did the BBC and “stream medias” will hide the true? Does the western “democraty” don’t make longer the difference between the smell of oil and the one of blod? The redaction

At least four people have been killed in a series of bomb blasts that rocked police targets in north-east Algeria.

Four police stations were hit in the Kabylia region, about 100km (62 miles) east of the capital, Algiers, in apparently co-ordinated attacks.

It is unclear how many people were injured in the blasts. Residents said the bombs had been set off from vehicles near the buildings.

No-one has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb attacks. But the army and Islamists have often clashed in the mountainous region.

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The police stations were in Si Mustafa, Draa Benkheda, Meklaa and Zemouri, residents said. “I was woken by huge blast. I thought it was an earthquake,” Si Mustafa resident Aaref Jumaa told Reuters news agency. These attacks were the first to target police stations in the country since a series of truck bombs exploded in Algiers in October last year, killing three and wounding 24.

But last month 15 people were killed in clashes between an Islamist group and the army - the first major clashes for several months. Last August, Algeria offered Islamist militants a six-month amnesty on condition of surrender, but fewer than 300 came forward.

Militants were promised immunity from prosecution provided they were not involved in serious crimes such as massacres, rapes and bombings.

The region is also a centre of Berber identity in Algeria. In 1980, Kabylia was the centre of the Berber Spring, in which mass protests called for Berber to be made an official language.

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