Incident Date:
October 22, 2009
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Maatkas Algeria
Perpetrators: Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Multinational Corporations)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 7 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators:
Description: "10/22/2009: Terrorists ambushed a convoy of private security contractors with the Canadian engineering and construction firm SNC Lavalin in a remote mountainous area near Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. The convoy was en route to the Ouadhias water project construction site when it was attacked. Seven Algerian police officers died and two others were wounded in the attack east of Algiers. No foreigners were harmed. Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) subsequently claimed responsibility for the attack."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2013). Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers. p. 91"
2) Janes DB
3) ITERATE
4) GTD 1970-2012 data file
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