The 2012 Baghlia bombing occurred on April 29, 2012 when a
bomb detonated against a patrol of the
Algerian police in the town of
Baghlia
Baghlia (Arabic بغلية) is a town and commune in the Baghlia District of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 15,854.
During the colonial period, it was given the name of Rébeval, after Napoleonic ...
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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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injuring 7. 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 to o ...
was 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, 2012
References
Boumerdès Province
Suicide car and truck bombings in Algeria
Mass murder in 2012
Terrorist incidents in Algeria
Terrorist incidents in Algeria in 2012
2012 murders in Algeria
Islamic terrorism in Algeria
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