2008 Issers bombing

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2008 Issers bombing
Boumerdès Province highlighted within Algeria
Location	Issers, Boumerdès Province
Date	August 19, 2008
Attack type	Suicide Bombing
Deaths	43
Injured	38
Perpetrators	Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (suspected)

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.