Blast kills soldiers in Algeria

A bomb attack by suspected Islamist militants has killed six soldiers in Algeria, according to security sources.

They say the attack east of the capital, Algiers, happened on Thursday.

The soldiers were returning to their barracks when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb, reports say.

The attack comes a day after a bomber attacked barracks in eastern Algiers.

Security forces blame the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb movement.

Last December, 41 people, including 17 UN employees, were killed in truck bomb attacks in Algiers.

Algeria is less violent than it was during the dark years of its civil war but some commentators say an unacknowledged war is being fought between the state and groups like al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.