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2008 Issers bombing
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The 2008 Issers bombing occurred on August 19, 2008, when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into a crowd of para-military recruits waiting to take exams outside a police academy in Issers, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 43 and injuring 38. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb was suspected as being responsible.
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At least 43 people were killed when a car laden with explosives rammed into a police academy in Algeria.
A bomb attack east of Algiers has killed 43 people and wounded 38, in one of country's bloodiest incidents in years.
A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed car into an Algerian police academy early Tuesday, killing 43 people.
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Category:History of Algeria
Category:Terrorism in Africa