Credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenAnnaba, Algeria · 1992
Mohamed Boudiaf, Chairman of Algeria's High Council of State, was shot dead on 29 June 1992 in Annaba by one of his own bodyguards while addressing a public meeting broadcast on national television.
SOLVEDListenLarbaâ Nath Irathen, Kabylia, Algeria · 2021
On 11 August 2021, Djamel Ben Ismail, a 38-year-old Algerian artist and musician, was lynched and burned alive by a mob in Larbaâ Nath Irathen, Kabylia, after being falsely accused of setting wildfires. Over 100 suspects were later tried, with 49 initially sentenced to death.
UNSOLVEDListenOued Rhiou area, Relizane Province, Algeria · 1998
On 4 January 1998, mass killings occurred in three villages near Oued Rhiou in Relizane Province, Algeria, during the Algerian civil conflict, with hundreds killed and attributed to the armed Islamist group GIA.
UNSOLVEDListenAlgiers, Algeria · 2007
Two near-simultaneous car bombings struck Algiers on 11 December 2007, hitting the Supreme Constitutional Court area and United Nations offices, killing at least 31 people including 17 UN staff and injuring 177. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility.
UNSOLVEDListenAl-Atik mosque area, Batna, Algeria · 2007
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device among a crowd waiting to see Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika outside the Al-Atik mosque in Batna, Algeria, on 6 September 2007, killing 15-20 people and injuring 107; Al Qaeda's north Africa wing claimed responsibility three days later.
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