2010 Néma suicide bombing

Suicide bombing in Néma, Mauritania on August 25, 2010 2010 Néma suicide bombing the Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Néma, Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania 2010 8 25 Suicide bombing 1 (the perpetrator) 3 al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Car bomb Islamic extremism 16 37 N 7 15 W source:wikidata title On 25 August 2010, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) carried out a suicide car bombing against a Mauritanian military barracks in Néma, a town approximately 1,200 kilometers east of the capital, Nouakchott. Background In previous years, AQIM expanded into the Sahel and targeted Mauritania through kidnappings and attacks. In response, Mauritania carried out a cross-border raid into Mali against AQIM camps, with support from French intelligence and coordination. AQIM had vowed to avenge the deaths of seven of its members in the operation.Attacker attempts to blow up Mauritian barracks https://abc7chicago.com/archive/7628175/#:~:text=AQMI%20had%20promised%20to%20avenge,this%20report%20from%20Dakar%2C%20Senegal. Eyewitness News 25 August 2010 22 March 2026 On 8 August 2009 in Nouakchott, a suicide bomber attacked near the French embassy. The attacker died in the explosion, and three other people were injured.Suicide bomber injures two at gates of French embassy http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/116/article_4690.asp Radio France International 9 August 2009 22 March 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20090813220139/http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/116/article_4690.asp 13 August 2009 live Attack In the early hours of 25 August, a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into the headquarters of the Fifth Military Command in Néma and refused to stop despite warnings. Security forces opened fire, after which the vehicle exploded, killing the perpetrator, injuring three soldiers, and causing significant damage at the entrance to the barracks.انفجار قرب قاعدة للجيش شرقي موريتانيا Explosion near a military base in eastern Mauritania https://www.bbc.com/arabic/middleeast/2010/08/100824_mauritania_tc2. BBC 25 August 2010 22 March 2026 ar‘القاعدة’ تتبنى هجوم ‘النعمة’ الموريتانية والسلطات تأخذ بجد تهديداتها الجديدة Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the attack on Mauritania’s Néma; authorities take its new threats seriously https://www.alquds.co.uk/%D87%D9%84%D9%82%D87%D8%B9%D8f%D89-%D8%D8%D88%D9%86%D9%89-%D9%87%D8c%D9%88%D9%85-%D87%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85%D89-%D87%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D98%D8%D87%D9%86/ Al-Quds Al-Arabi 31 August 2010 22 March 2026 ar Aftermath After the attack, AQIM claimed responsibility and stated that it was retaliation for the deaths of its members during a Mauritanian raid in Akla. The group also threatened the Mauritanian president over continued cooperation with France. Mauritanian media later identified the bomber as a man named Idriss Ould Youba, who had previously been arrested in 2008 and released in 2009 as part of a prisoner exchange for Western hostages.Country Reports on Terrorism 2010 - Mauritania https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/usdos/2011/en/80574 United States Department of State 18 August 2011 22 March 2026 27 April 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260427065443/https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/usdos/2011/en/80574 live References 2 Category:Suicide bombings in 2010 Category:Terrorism deaths in Mauritania Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2010 Category:Suicide bombings in Mauritania Category:Hodh Ech Chargui region Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Category:August 2010 in Africa Category:August 2010 crimes in Africa Category:2010 in Mauritania Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Africa