At least 11 people have been killed in two car bomb attacks in Algeria, local radio has reported.

Thirty-one people were also wounded in the blasts in the town of Bouira on Wednesday morning.

Bouira is about 120km southeast of the capital, Algiers.

One explosion targeted a bus parked near a hotel and the other near the town's military headquarters.

The blasts could be heard several hundred metres away.

It is not immediately clear whether the bombings were suicide attacks or two cars blown up by remote control.

The attacks came a day after a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the entrance of a police school killing at least 43 people and injuring 45 others.

Many of the victims were university graduates waiting outside to take an entry exam in the hopes of joining the paramilitary police force.

No group has claimed responsibility for either attack.

'New strategy'

Yassir Abdul Hai, an Algerian journalist specialising in security issues, said that al-Qaeda is the prime suspect in these attacks, and has adopted a new strategy in targeting the military and police.

"Previous operations used to be random and to target civilians. However, these ones target military figures in particular," he said.

"The meaning of these messages is reflected through these operations, and ultimately the availability of information about the movements of military leaders. Carrying our such operations and knowing the accurate timing of their movements is worrying."

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