1992 Algiers bombings

On 26 August 1992 in Algiers, Algeria, two bombs exploded and another was defused.[1] The first exploded at Houari Boumedienne Airport, killing 9 people and injuring another 123.[1] A few minutes later, another exploded near an Air France office in central Algiers; it did not cause any injuries because the area had been evacuated three minutes before it exploded.[1] A third bomb, at a Swissair office in central Algiers, was defused.[1]

No group claimed responsibility for the bombings, which took place during the Algerian Civil War,[1] but officials said that the airport bombing was carried out by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA).[2] On 26 May 1993, 38 people (26 in absentia) were sentenced to death for their roles in the airport bombing; 17 others were imprisoned and another three acquitted.[2]

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