2007 Dellys bombings | |
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Location | Dellys, Algeria |
Date | September 8, 2007 |
Attack type | suicide bombing |
Deaths | 30 |
Injured | 47 |
Perpetrators | Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb |
The 2007 Dellys bombing occurred on September 8, 2007, when at least 30 people were killed and 47 injured in a suicide car bomb attack on an Algerian naval barracks in the town of Dellys, 100 km (62 mi) east of Algiers. The blast was carried out by two attackers who killed themselves in the attack. Al Qaeda's north Africa wing (Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb) said it was behind the suicide attack.[1]
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[edit]- ^ Al-Qaeda claims Algerian bombings retrieved September 10, 2007