Incident Summary:

7/11/2007: Al-Qa ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) members remotely detonated two bombs targeting a National Gendarmerie roadblock in Tigzirt, Algeria. One gendarme was killed in the blast and one other gendarme was wounded. A Gendarmerie vehicle was severely damaged as well.

GTD ID:
200707110007

When:
2007-07-11

Country:
Algeria

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Tizi Ouzou

City:
Tigzirt

Location Details:
Western edge of city

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity National Gendarmerie
Specific Description National Gendarmerie roadblock in Tigzirt, Algeria
Nationality of Target Algeria
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Remote Trigger
Weapon Details
Two bombs remotely detonated via cell phone
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 bomb detonated around 2:30 PM. AQLIM claimed the incident in a statement posted on a Jihadi forum.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Group Sub-name Claimed Responsibility
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Group of Sermons and Struggle Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Posted to website, blog, etc.)
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 1 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
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
"Algerian gendarme killed, one wounded in terrorist attack - paper," BBC Monitoring Middle East, July 12, 2007.
"Algeria suicide blast kills several," Al -Jazeera.net, July 11, 2007.
Media Committee, "Al-Qa'ida of Islamic Maghrib Issues 10th Report on Mujahidin's Battles in Algeria" Al-Qa'ida Organization in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb, July 19, 2007.