Incident Summary:

10/7/2006: Around seven armed members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC), dressed in military uniforms, set up a fake roadblock in Tizi L'bir, Algeria, on a road linking Ait Ali to Chabet El Ameur. The assailants stopped two vehicles and checked the identification cards of the passengers. Two Algerian civilians and two Algerian soldiers were shot and killed. One Algerian soldier was wounded as well.

GTD ID:
200610070004

When:
2006-10-07

Country:
Algeria

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Boumerdès

City:
Near Tizi L'bir

Location Details:
35 KM east of Boumerdès

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Military
Name of Entity Algerian soldiers
Specific Description Algerian soldiers driving near Chabet El Ameur
Nationality of Target Algeria
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity Indiscriminate Algerian citizens
Specific Description Algerian citizens driving near Chabet El Ameur
Nationality of Target Algeria
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Automatic Weapon
Weapon Details
Kalashnikovs
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 The assailants set up the roadblock around 9:30 AM and it lasted several minutes before they fled.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC) No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators 7
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 4 Fatalities / 1 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 4
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 1
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
K. Omar, "Continuous Deterioration of the Security Situation in Boumerdes: Four Dead in a Bogus Roadblock," El Watan, October 8, 2006.
"BBC Monitoring War On Terror Digest: 7-8 October 2006," BBC Worldwide Monitoring, October 8, 2006.