ALGIERS , Algeria , Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Algeria appointed a federal commission to investigate a suicide car bombing east of Algiers that killed three people and injured 23 others , local media said. The Algerian Press Service said the attack Tuesday targeted the police station in Thenia , about 30 miles east of the capital. Witnesses said the driver accelerated toward the building and police opened fire on the car before it exploded a few feet short of the building , causing heavy damage. The blast was destroyed as many as 20 houses and shops , the news agency said. The new commission is also charged with caring for the homeless and displaced , CNN reported. Al-Qaida and other Islamist militants have been stepping up attacks in Algeria and other North African countries in the past two years , the reports said.Related Topics Articles：

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