The 2010 Tidjelabine bombing occurred on April 7, 2010 when an explosive bomb detonated against a patrol of the
Gendarmerie Nationale Gendarmerie Nationale most commonly refers to:
* Gendarmerie Nationale (France)
* Gendarmerie Nationale (Belgium), merged with Belgian police in 2001
Gendarmerie Nationale may also refer to:
*Gendarmerie Nationale (Algeria)
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in the town of
Tidjelabine
Tidjelabine is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 13,888.
Villages
The villages of the commune of ''Tidjelabine'' are:
Religion
*Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi
History
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Boumerdès Province,
Algeria
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killing 2 and injuring 5. The
Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ( ar-at, تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد المغرب الإسلامي, Tanẓīm al-Qā'idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī), or AQIM, is an Islamist militant organization (of al-Qaeda) that aims t ...
is suspected as being responsible.
See also
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Terrorist bombings in Algeria
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List of terrorist incidents, 2010
This is a timeline of incidents in 2010 that have been labelled, or investigated as possible cases of "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
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References
Boumerdès Province
Suicide car and truck bombings in Algeria
Mass murder in 2010
Terrorist incidents in Algeria
Terrorist incidents in Algeria in 2010
2010 murders in Algeria
Islamic terrorism in Algeria
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