ALGIERS, Algeria - Explosives packed into a vehicle detonated outside a police station in northern Algeria, killing eight civilians and wounding eight others, the national radio said Sunday.
An officer fired on the vehicle as it was approaching the police station in Zemmouri on Saturday night, causing the car to explode before it hit the building, the radio report said, citing security officials.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack, and the radio report gave no further details.
A bombing last week at a police station in another northern city injured more than 20 people.
Algeria's al-Qaida affiliate