Incident Summary:

9/25/2005: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, killed two members of the National Gendarmerie near their barracks in Saïda, Algeria.

GTD ID:
200509250008

When:
2005-09-25

Country:
Algeria

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Saïda

City:
Rebahia

Location Details:
430 KM southeast of Algiers

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Unknown
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity National Gendarmerie
Specific Description Gendarmes near their barracks in Rebahia
Nationality of Target Algeria
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Unknown
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Additional Information Coded as doubt terrorism proper because it is unknown if the assailants targeted the gendarmes specifically to prevent their capture or if the incident was part of a calculated operation against Algerian security forces.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Algerian Islamic Extremists No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 2 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 2
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Five killed in Algeria, Islamic militants blamed," Agence France Presse, September 26, 2005.