Incident Summary:

6/21/2003: Suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) killed five members of the same family in Mardjet el Abed, Algeria.

GTD ID:
200306210004

When:
2003-06-21

Country:
Algeria

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Relizane

City:
Mardjet el Abed

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity	Indiscriminate Algerian citizens
Specific Description	Algerian civilians in Relizane
Nationality of Target	Algeria

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Unknown

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Situation of Multi-Party Conflict?	Unknown
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Armed Islamic Group (GIA) (suspected)	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	5 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	5
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	0
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources
"Twelve dead, including three children, in more Algeria unrest," Agence France Presse, June 22, 2003."
"Terrorists Kill 5 in Algiers," Panafrican News Agency, June 22, 2003."