ALGIERS, June 6 (Reuters) - Six Algerian soldiers were killed and four others wounded in a bomb attack by Islamic rebels, a local newspaper reported on Friday. The soldiers were returning to their barracks from an unspecified mission at the coastal village of Cap Djinet, about 40 km (20 miles) east of Algiers, when their convey hit a bomb planted by rebels, El Watan daily said on its Web site. The newspaper did not say which rebel group was behind the attack which took place on Thursday. Government officials were not immediately available for comment. Al Qaeda's north African wing, Al Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb, claimed responsibility for a series of similar attacks on government forces, including killing six soldiers in an ambush last month in Medea province, some 90 km (50 miles) southwest of Algiers. On Wednesday, three bombs killed two people and wounded several others near a military barracks in Bordj El Kiffan area, about 25 km (15 miles) east of Algiers. Violence broke out in Algeria in 1992 after the military-backed authorities scrapped a parliamentary election that an Islamist political party, the Islamic Salvation Front, was set to win. Up to 200,000 people were killed in the ensuing bloodshed. Violence has fallen in recent years, but more recently scores of people have died in a series of suicide bombings in and around Algiers. (Writing by Lamine Ghanmi; Editing by Janet McBride) ((Algiers newsroom; + 213 21 727020))
