2008 Beni Amrane bombings

Infobox terrorist attack
title=2008 Beni Amrane bombings


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location=Beni Amrane, Boumerdès Province, Algeria
target= Civilians (1st blast), first responders (2nd blast)
date=June 9, 2008
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time-end=
timezone=UTC+1
type=Bombing
fatalities=13
injuries=
susperps=al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb suspected
perps=The 2008 Beni Amrane bombings were two bombings on June 9, 2008 that killed 13 people in the town of Beni Amrane in the Boumerdès Province, 50km (30 miles) from Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The first bomb killed a French citizen and his Algerian driver as they were leaving the town's railway station. The second device exploded about five minutes later as rescue workers arrived. Eight soldiers and three firefighters died in the second blast while an unconfirmed number of people suffered injuries. Both devices appeared to have been detonated remotely. [cite news
title = Official: 13 people dead in 2 Algerian bombings
url = http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j1YHPbZDy6bH_agJDG-8dECBdaYwD9163SMO0
work = Associated Press
date = 2008-06-09
accessdate = 2008-06-09 ] No group has claimed the bombings, which follow attacks blamed on the al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb group. The Frenchman was an engineer working for a French firm on a renovation project at the station. [cite news
title = 'Twelve die' in Algerian blasts
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7443053.stm
work = BBC News
date = 2008-06-09
accessdate = 2008-06-09 ]

International reactions

Countries

*flag|France – The French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner condemned the attack. "I want to express my feeling of disgust and my absolute condemnation of this blind terrorist violence that nothing can justify,".

ee also

* Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
*List of terrorist incidents, 2008

References

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7443053.stm BBC News]