2008 Thénia bombing

On January 29, 2008, a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the headquarters of the Algerian police unit known as the BMPJ (Brigade Mobile de la Police Judiciaire) in the town of Thénia, located in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. The resulting explosion killed two people and injured 23 others. Reporting identified Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb as the suspected group.

No individuals have been publicly charged or convicted in connection with this bombing, and the attacker died in the detonation.

Boumerdès Province, where Thénia is located, has historically been a site of activity attributed to Islamist militant groups operating in Algeria, and the BMPJ facility targeted in this incident was a security installation associated with Algerian law enforcement.