The 2006 Boudouaou bombing occurred on August 8, 2006, when an explosive bomb detonated against a patrol of the
Algerian police in the town of
Boudouaou,
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 3. 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, 2006
This is a timeline of incidents in 2006 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
2006 crimes in Algeria
History of Boumerdès Province
Suicide car and truck bombings in Algeria
Mass murder in 2006
2006 disasters in Algeria
Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2006
Terrorist incidents in Algeria in the 2000s
2006 murders in Algeria
Islamic terrorism in Algeria
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