Six killed in Algerian bomb attacks

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• NEW: Report says Al Qaeda allied group claims responsibility for attacks
• Seven separate attacks reported
• At least four of the blasts from car bombs

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ALGIERS, Algeria (CNN) -- Six people were killed and 13 wounded Tuesday in seven separate attacks in northern Algeria, a statement from the country's interior minister said.

According to Al-Jazeera television, the Al Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, claimed responsibility for the bombs, Reuters reported.

The group was previously known as Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), Reuters said. Al-Jazeera said the group claimed responsibility in a phone call to its office in Rabat, Morocco.

Four people were killed and three were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the village of Si Mustapha in the Boumerdes province, according to the state-run news agency Algerie Presse Service.

In the same province, two bombs exploded in the village of Souk El Had, wounding five members of the security services, the interior ministry statement said.

A car bomb explosion in the village of Boumerdes, the capital of the province, injured one security officer, the statement added.

In the neighboring province of Tizi Ouzou, a car bomb that was detonated by remote control in Mekla village killed two members of the security services and wounded two others, the ministry said.

Another security officer was wounded in a car bomb explosion in Draa Ben Khedda village, and a civilian was wounded when a car bomb exploded in Illoula Oumalou village, the news service quoted the statement as saying.

Reuters contributed to this report.