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Oueid Khenig-Roum bombing | |
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Part of Islamist insurgency in the Sahel | |
Location | Oueid Khenig-Roum, Telidjane District, Tebessa Province, Algeria |
Date | January 14, 2021 |
Target | Algerian soldiers |
Deaths | 5 civilians killed |
Injured | 3 injured |
Perpetrator | ![]() |
On January 14, 2021, five people were killed by a bomb placed by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Oueid Khenig-Roum, near Telidjane, Tébessa Province, Algeria.
Following the end of the Algerian Civil War, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, the predecessor to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), launched limited incursions and bombings into Algerian territory as it consolidated power in Mali, Niger, and Mauritania. [1] Many of these attacks targeted Algerian soldiers. In December 2020, a shootout in Jijel Province killed an Algerian officer and three AQIM jihadists. [1] At the beginning of January 2021, clashes between Algerian soldiers and AQIM killed three soldiers and six fighters. [1]
The bombing occurred on January 14 when a civilian car drove over a homemade landmine on a road in the rural Oueid Khenig-Roum region of Tebessa. [2] The drivers were hunters from Bir el Ater, and were on their way to a hunting area. [3] Five civilians were killed and three others were wounded in the explosion. In the statement released by the Algerian Ministry of Defense announcing the bombing, Algerian authorities also stated that a shootout several hours later between Algerian authorities and a jihadist in Khenchela Province killed the jihadist. [1] The jihadist killed was monitoring the area to scope out locations for a jihadist attack. [3]
The bombing at Oueid Khenig-Roum was the deadliest attack on civilians in Algeria in several years. [4] The bombing was also the first civilian vehicle bombing by jihadists in Algeria in ten years. [3] Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack but stated they did not intend to kill civilians. [5] Egypt condemned the bombing in a statement released on January 15. [6]
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Oueid Khenig-Roum bombing | |
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Part of Islamist insurgency in the Sahel | |
Location | Oueid Khenig-Roum, Telidjane District, Tebessa Province, Algeria |
Date | January 14, 2021 |
Target | Algerian soldiers |
Deaths | 5 civilians killed |
Injured | 3 injured |
Perpetrator | ![]() |
On January 14, 2021, five people were killed by a bomb placed by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Oueid Khenig-Roum, near Telidjane, Tébessa Province, Algeria.
Following the end of the Algerian Civil War, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, the predecessor to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), launched limited incursions and bombings into Algerian territory as it consolidated power in Mali, Niger, and Mauritania. [1] Many of these attacks targeted Algerian soldiers. In December 2020, a shootout in Jijel Province killed an Algerian officer and three AQIM jihadists. [1] At the beginning of January 2021, clashes between Algerian soldiers and AQIM killed three soldiers and six fighters. [1]
The bombing occurred on January 14 when a civilian car drove over a homemade landmine on a road in the rural Oueid Khenig-Roum region of Tebessa. [2] The drivers were hunters from Bir el Ater, and were on their way to a hunting area. [3] Five civilians were killed and three others were wounded in the explosion. In the statement released by the Algerian Ministry of Defense announcing the bombing, Algerian authorities also stated that a shootout several hours later between Algerian authorities and a jihadist in Khenchela Province killed the jihadist. [1] The jihadist killed was monitoring the area to scope out locations for a jihadist attack. [3]
The bombing at Oueid Khenig-Roum was the deadliest attack on civilians in Algeria in several years. [4] The bombing was also the first civilian vehicle bombing by jihadists in Algeria in ten years. [3] Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack but stated they did not intend to kill civilians. [5] Egypt condemned the bombing in a statement released on January 15. [6]