Suicide attack in Algeria kills one police officer

A suicide attack on a police station in the western Algerian city of Tiaret  kill a police officer Thursday when he threw himself on a suicide bomber before the attacker’s explosives belt detonated, state media said, citing the police department.

Officials did not immediately confirm details of the attack.

The officer had intervened when the attacker tried to enter the police headquarters in the region of Tiaret, about 350 kilometres (220 miles) southwest of the capital Algiers, the official APS news agency reported