2008 Issers bombing
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Script error: No such module "about". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Campaignbox Algeria 2002-present The 2008 Issers bombing occurred on August 19, 2008, when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into a crowd of para-military recruits waiting to take exams outside a police academy in Issers, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 43 and injuring 38. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.
International reactions
International organizations
- File:Flag of Europe.svg European Union - The French EU presidency condemned the bombing, releasing a statement in which the EU "very firmly condemns the terrorist acts that have just claimed so many lives", remarking that Algerian people are "once again victims of blind and barbaric terrorist violence".[1]
Countries
- File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria – Algerian Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni called the bombing "an act against Algerians, these terrorist gangs are seeking through attacks against civilians to loosen the net closing around them as the security forces drive them to the wall".
- File:Flag of France.svg France - The French Prime Minister, François Fillon, phoned his Algerian counterpart to assure him "the support of France in the fight against terrorism".[1]
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy - The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi expressed his support for Algeria's leadership.[1]
- File:Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic - Mohamed Abdelaziz, president of the SADR, vividly condemned "the coward terrorist attacks in Issers and Bouira (Algeria), which caused the loss of innocent lives", recalling the Sahrawi government and people "unconditional solidarity with Algeria in these sad moments".[2]
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain - The Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, called his Algerian counterpart to express his condolences and the support of the Spanish people. "The government expresses its indignation and its firm condemnation of the cowardly terrorist attack on Wednesday against the civilian population of Bouira, which left many dead and wounded, just one day after the attack in Issers," the ministry said in a statement.[3]
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b c At least 43 killed as suicide bomber attacks police academy in Algeria The Guardian, 20-08-2008. Retrieved 23-01-2011.
- ↑ Saharawi President condemns "the coward terrorist attacks" in Issers and Bouira Script error: No such module "webarchive". Sahara Press Service, 20-08-2008. Retrieved 23-01-2011.
- ↑ Spain condemns bombing in Algeria IOL news (SAPA-AFP), 20-08-2011. Retrieved 23-01-2011.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
Categories:
- Pages with script errors
- Pages with broken file links
- History of Boumerdès Province
- Suicide car and truck bombings in Algeria
- Mass murder in 2008
- 2008 disasters in Algeria
- Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2008
- Terrorist incidents in Algeria in the 2000s
- 2008 murders in Algeria
- Islamic terrorism in Algeria
- 21st-century mass murder in Algeria
- Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
- Suicide bombings in 2008
- August 2008 in Africa
- Attacks on police stations in Algeria
- School bombings in Africa
- Attacks on police stations in 2008