Incident Date:
December 10, 2006
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Bouchaoui Algeria
Perpetrators: Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Gas/oil)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities, 9 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/10/2006: A roadside bomb attack occurred beside two buses carrying oil company workers in Bouchaoui, Algeria. The attack killed one Algerian man, and injured nine others, including three Britons, an American, a Canadian and a Lebanese national. The buses were carrying employees of Brown & Root Condor, a company linked to U.S construction giant Halliburton. Reports said the first bus was hit by a bomb, possibly thrown towards it from the side of the road, killing the Algerian driver. Witnesses then reported gunfire as the second bus turned and headed away from the scene of the attack, some ten km outside of Algiers. The gunmen then fled the scene and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. According to Mickolus (2008), the perpetrators were from the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria."
References: 1) Janes DB
2) WITS
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