A hand grenade exploded east of the Algerian capital Tuesday slightly wounding two people, a security source said. The source was quoted by the Algerian Press Agency as saying the explosion took place in the center of Boumerdas state, 45 kilometers east of the capital. He added a bomb squad force dismantled a second bomb near the scene of the blast. The wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, said the source. No other details were available.