Non-fatal injuries 38 Location Issers Attack type Suicide attack | Date 19 August 2008 Total number of deaths 43 | |
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Suspected perpetrators Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb Suspected perpetrator al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Locations Boumerdès Province, Isser District Similar December 11 - 2007 Algiers b, 2009 Nouakchott suicide b, Ghriba synagogue bombing, 2007 Casablanca bombings, 2011 Marrakesh bombing |
2008 issers bombing
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. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.
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