| Guemmar attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Algerian Civil War | |
| Location | Guemmar, Algeria |
| Date | 29 November 1991 |
| Deaths | 3 policemen |
| Perpetrator | Aïssa Messaoudi |
No. of participants | 60 Islamist militants |
The Guemmar attack was an attack by armed militants on a border post in Guemmar on 29 November 1991.[1][2] Sixty armed Islamist militants led by Aïssa Messaoudi, an Algerian Islamist who fought in the Soviet–Afghan War and had connections with Takfir wal-Hijra and the Islamic Salvation Front, attacked a border post in Guemmar, near El Oued in Algeria, killing three policemen. The Islamists (allegedly Takfir wal-Hijra[3]) were associated with the FIS-affiliated Islamist trade union.[4] This has been considered as the first act of jihad against the government and beginning of the Armed Islamic Movement, prior to the beginning of the proper Algerian Civil War.[5][6][7]
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