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ALGIERS, Jan 8 (KUNA) -- Algerian Minister of Health Population and
Hospital Reform Djamel Ould Abbas visited hospitals in the northern cities of
Blida and Algiers Saturday to assess the condition of the persons who were
wounded in the recent rioting.
The minister instructed offering the best possible medical treatment to the
injured persons and other patients to ensure the early recovery, a medical
source told KUNA here.
Three people were killed and 320 others, including riot policemen, were
injured in the violent protests against staples price rises in cities and
towns in M'sila, Tipasa and Boumerdes provinces, Interior Minister Daho Ould
Kablia told reporters here this evening. (end)
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