2008 Beni Amrane bombings

Terrorist train bombings in Bourmerdès Province, Algeria 2008 Beni Amrane bombings Algeria 35 Wilaya locator map-2009.svg Boumerdès Province highlighted within Algeria Beni Amrane, Boumerdès Province, Algeria Civilians (1st blast), first responders (2nd blast) June 9, 2008 UTC+1 Bombing 13 al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (suspected) The 2008 Beni Amrane bombings were two bombings on June 9, 2008, that killed 13 people in the town of Beni Amrane in the Boumerdès Province, 50 km mi on from Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The first bomb killed a French citizen and his Algerian driver as they were leaving the town's railway station. The second device exploded about five minutes later as rescue workers arrived. Eight soldiers and three firefighters died in the second blast while an unconfirmed number of people suffered injuries. Both devices appeared to have been detonated remotely.Official: 13 people dead in 2 Algerian bombings http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j1YHPbZDy6bH_agJDG-8dECBdaYwD9163SMO0 Associated Press 2008-06-09 2008-06-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080609071422/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j1YHPbZDy6bH_agJDG-8dECBdaYwD9163SMO0 2008-06-09 No group has claimed the bombings, which follow attacks blamed on the al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb group. The Frenchman was an engineer working for a French firm on a renovation project at the station. 'Twelve die' in Algerian blasts https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7443053.stm BBC News 2008-06-09 2008-06-09 International reactions Countries France – The French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner condemned the attack. "I want to express my feeling of disgust and my absolute condemnation of this blind terrorist violence that nothing can justify". See also Terrorist bombings in Algeria Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) List of terrorist incidents, 2008 References External links BBC News Category:2008 mass murders Category:2008 disasters in Algeria Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2008 Category:Terrorist incidents in Algeria in the 2000s Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Algeria Category:Islamic terrorism in Algeria Category:2008 murders in Algeria Category:21st-century mass murders in Algeria Category:June 2008 crimes in Africa Category:June 2008 in Africa Category:2000s in Boumerdès Province Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb