Incident Date:
April 22, 2006 21:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Thenia Algeria
Perpetrators: Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Automatic Weapon (incl. semiauto))
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Multinational Corporations)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators: 5 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "04/22/2006: Five armed assailants attacked the SNC-Lavalin company, a Canadian business, in Thenia, Algeria. Two of the company’s hired security guards were wounded in the incident. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) was responsible."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
2) WITS
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