2008 Thénia bombing

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2008 Thénia bombing
Boumerdès Province highlighted within Algeria
Location	Thénia, Boumerdès Province
Date	January 29, 2008
Attack type	Suicide Bombing
Deaths	2
Injured	23
Perpetrators	Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb

The 2008 Thénia bombing occurred on January 29, 2008, when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into the headquarters of the Algerian police (BMPJ) in the town of Thénia, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 2 and injuring 23.^[1]^[2] The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Blast kills 2 in Algeria as officers foil attack on police station (Published 2008)". February 9, 2008 – via NYTimes.com.
^ "Bomber kills 4 in Algeria". News24.
^ Chikhi, Lamine (January 29, 2008). "Algeria car bomb on police post kills two-govt". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 25 October 2023. A car bomb attack on a police station killed two people and wounded 23 in a town east of Algiers on Tuesday, the second such bombing in the OPEC member in a month, the interior ministry said.
^ "Car bomb attack kills 3 in Algeria - CNN.com". edition.cnn.com.
^ Sentinel, Orlando (30 January 2008). "3 killed in car-bomb blast near police station in Algeria". OrlandoSentinel.com.

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