Incident Date:
August 20, 2008
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Bouira Algeria
Perpetrators: Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Vehicle)
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: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 12 fatalities, 42 injuries
Perpetrators: 2 involved, 2 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/20/2008: Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) synchronized suicide bombers killed 12 people, all of whom were Algerian employees of the Canadian engineering company SNC Lavalin. A pre-dawn car bomb went off outside a military command post in Bouira, 60 miles southeast of Algiers, wounding seven soldiers and one police officer. Fifteen minutes later, a car bomb went off next to a passenger bus outside a central Bouira hotel travelling towards the Koudiat Acerdoune Dam project in Algeria’s Bouira governorate, killing 12 Algerians and injuring 34. The attack targeted contractors working on a dam project. Bus passengers worked for SNC-Lavalin, a Canadian engineering and construction firm based in Montreal. A spokesman for the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently stated that there were no Canadian citizens among the casualties."
References: 1) Janes DB
2) ITAC
3) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2013). Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers. p. 36"
4) ITERATE
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