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Algeria accuses Morocco of fatal attack on three truck drivers

The Algerian presidency said the killing of the three Algerian truck drivers in a roadside bombing on Monday "will not go unpunished."
Sahara protest

Algeria blamed Morocco on Wednesday for a roadside bombing that killed three Algerian truck drivers, an accusation leveled amid mounting tensions between the North African neighbors over disputed Western Sahara. 

On Monday, “Three Algerian nationals were cowardly murdered after their trucks were barbarically bombarded,” read a statement from the Algerian presidency carried by the Algerian Press Service state news agency.

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