Ghriba synagogue bombing
2002 Islamist suicide bombing of a synagogue in Tunisia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ghriba synagogue bombing was carried out by Niser bin Muhammad Nasr Nawar on the El Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia in 2002.
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Part of the Maghreb insurgency | |
Location | Djerba, Tunisia |
Date | April 11, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-04-11) |
Target | El Ghriba synagogue |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapons | Natural gas truck bomb |
Deaths | 20 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 30+ |
Perpetrators | al-Qaeda |
Motive | Antisemitism |
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