December 11, 2007, Algiers bombings

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2007 Algiers bombings
al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb

There were two near simultaneous bombings in Algiers which occurred on 11 December 2007 when two

Islamic insurgency, a continuation of the Algerian Civil War that has claimed 200,000 lives.[4][5]

Targets

Two

Population Fund (UNFPA).[9] The collapsed section mainly housed the UNDP.[6]

The attack against the UN office was a suicide bombing.[6] It is as yet unknown whether the same is true for the Constitutional Court attack.

The attack caused the third highest staff casualties in the history of the United Nations, after the 2003

MINUSTAH was killed in the disaster.[citation needed
]


Casualties

Deaths by nationality
Country Number
 Algeria 37+
 Denmark 1
 Philippines 1
 Senegal 1
 China 1
Total 41+

The bombings are believed to have killed at least 31 people. Among the dead were 17 United Nations employees at work in their offices, including 14 Algerians and a

Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni, conflicts with numbers reported by hospital and rescue officials, which triple the government's count.[2][8]

Many people are still unaccounted for. A number of them are possibly still trapped under the rubble, according to UN spokeswoman Maria Okabe. Jean Fabre, head of the UN Development Programme's Geneva office, indicated they were still searching for survivors in the rubble.[2]

177 people were injured in total, according to Zerhouni.[2] CNN has confirmed that the bombers used homemade nitroglycerin bombs, which had iron nails in them to increase casualties.[2]

The United Nations Security Council held an official meeting on the same day in order to condemn the attacks.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Qaeda in north Africa says kills 20 Algeria troops – International Herald Tribune
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "11 UN workers among 26 killed in Algeria blasts". CBC News. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Al-Qaeda claims Algeria bombings". Al Jazeera. 12 December 2007. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Algeria puts strife toll at 150,000". Al Jazeera. 25 February 2005. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007. Note that the 150,000 figure was given on February 2005, and the Reuters article from June 2007 (below) includes an updated figure of 200,000 casualties.
  5. ^ "Algeria violence death toll at year low in May". Reuters. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  6. ^ a b c "UN review after Algiers bombing". BBC News. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  7. UNHCR
    . 11 December 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  8. ^ a b "Rescuers search for bomb survivors". CNN. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  9. ^ "UN in Grief at Algeria Bombings". Associated Press. 12 December 2007. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  10. ^ "UN death toll in Algeria raised to 17". Associated Press. 14 December 2007. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  11. Xinhua. 13 December 2007. Archived from the original
    on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  12. ^ United Nations Security Council Verbatim Report 5798. S/PV/5798 11 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

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