A bomb exploded in the eastern Algerian city of Constantine near a police station, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, local private broadcaster Ennahar TV reported on Sunday.
Officials could not immediately confirm details. In October, three gunmen shot dead a policeman in a restaurant in northern Constantine in a rare urban attack which sources believe was carried out by a local Islamic State affiliate.
Attacks and bombings have become less common in Algeria since the end of the country’s 1990s war against armed Islamists in which more than 200,000 people died.
But Al Qaeda’s North Africa branch and small brigades of Islamic State-allied militants are still active, mostly in remote mountains and the desert south.
Source: Bomb hits eastern Algerian city, no reports of casualties: local TV
