The 2012 Thénia bombing occurred on January 11, 2012 when a bomb detonated against a patrol of the
Algerian Customs in the town of
Thénia
Thénia (), sometimes written as ''Thenia'', with around 40,000 inhabitants, is the chief town in the daïra of the same name, in the wilaya of Boumerdès, in northern Algeria. Historically, the name is a contraction of ''Theniet Beni Aicha'' (ث ...
,
Boumerdès Province,
Algeria injuring 2. 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 ...
was suspected as being responsible.
See also
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Terrorist bombings in Algeria
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List of terrorist incidents, 2012
This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2012, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. Ongoing military con ...
References
History of Thénia
Suicide car and truck bombings in Algeria
Mass murder in 2012
2012 disasters in Algeria
Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2012
Terrorist incidents in Algeria in the 2010s
2012 murders in Algeria
Islamic terrorism in Algeria
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