36°43′32″N 3°33′26″E / 36.7256687°N 3.5572704°E
2008 Thénia bombing | |
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Location | Thénia, Boumerdès Province |
Date | January 29, 2008 |
Attack type | Suicide Bombing |
Deaths | 2 |
Injured | 23 |
Perpetrators | Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb |
The 2008 Thénia bombing occurred on January 29, 2008, when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into the headquarters of the Algerian police (BMPJ) in the town of Thénia, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 2 and injuring 23. [1] [2] The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible. [3] [4] [5]
A car bomb attack on a police station killed two people and wounded 23 in a town east of Algiers on Tuesday, the second such bombing in the OPEC member in a month, the interior ministry said.
36°43′32″N 3°33′26″E / 36.7256687°N 3.5572704°E
2008 Thénia bombing | |
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Location | Thénia, Boumerdès Province |
Date | January 29, 2008 |
Attack type | Suicide Bombing |
Deaths | 2 |
Injured | 23 |
Perpetrators | Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb |
The 2008 Thénia bombing occurred on January 29, 2008, when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into the headquarters of the Algerian police (BMPJ) in the town of Thénia, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 2 and injuring 23. [1] [2] The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible. [3] [4] [5]
A car bomb attack on a police station killed two people and wounded 23 in a town east of Algiers on Tuesday, the second such bombing in the OPEC member in a month, the interior ministry said.