On 26 August 1992 in

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

, Algeria, two bombs exploded and another was defused.Bomb kills 9, injures 100 at Algiers airport
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Houari Boumedienne Airport Houari Boumediene International Airport ( ar, مطار هواري بومدين الدولي, Maṭār Hawwārī Būmadyan al-Duwaliyy) , also known as Algiers Airport or Algiers International Airport, is the main international airport serving A ...

, killing 9 people and injuring another 123. The bomb destroyed the Air France counter, wounding two of the carrier's employees. The airport was closed temporarily.{{Cite news , agency=Associated Press , date=1992-08-27 , title=Blast at Algiers Airport Kills 9 and Wounds 100 , language=en-US , work=The New York Times , url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/27/world/blast-at-algiers-airport-kills-9-and-wounds-100.html , access-date=2023-03-05 , issn=0362-4331 A few minutes later, another exploded near an Air France office in central Algiers; it did not cause any injuries because the area had been evacuated three minutes before it exploded. A third bomb, at a Swissair office in central Algiers, was defused. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings, which took place during the

Algerian Civil War The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, al-Ḥarb al-ʾAhlīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah) was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various Is ...

, but officials said that the airport bombing was carried out by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA). On 26 May 1993, 38 people (26 in absentia) were sentenced to death for their roles in the airport bombing; 17 others were imprisoned and another three acquitted.Algerian court sentences 38 to death in airport bombing
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1992 murders in Algeria 1992 in Algeria Algiers in the Algerian Civil War

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