The 2008 Zemmouri bombing occurred on August 9, 2008 when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into the headquarters of the
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Gendarmerie Nationale may also refer to:
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in the town of
Zemmouri
Zemmouri is a town and commune in the Bordj Menaïel District of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. As of 2008, the population of the municipality is 26,408.
Villages
The villages of the commune of ''Zemmouri'' are:
History
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Boumerdès Province
Boumerdès ( ar, ولاية بومرداس, Kabyle: Tanebḍit n Bumerdas) is a province ('' wilaya'') of northern Algeria, located in the Kabylia region, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès (form ...
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Algeria
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killing 8 and injuring 19. The
Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ( ar-at, تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد المغرب الإسلامي, Tanẓīm al-Qā'idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī), or AQIM, is an Islamist militant organization (of al-Qaeda) that aims t ...
is suspected as being responsible.
See also
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Terrorist bombings in Algeria
Many bombings were committed during the Algerian Civil War that began in 1991. The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) claimed responsibility for many of them, while for others no group has claimed responsibility. These terrorist inc ...
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List of terrorist incidents, 2008
This is a timeline of incidents in 2008 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
Guidelines
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References
Boumerdès Province
Suicide car and truck bombings in Algeria
Mass murder in 2008
Terrorist incidents in Algeria
Terrorist incidents in Algeria in 2008
2008 murders in Algeria
Islamic terrorism in Algeria
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