A new splinter group of AQIM called the Unity and Jihad Movement in West Africa (MUJAO) in Mali claims responsibility, in a message to AFP, of the car bomb attack which targets the national gendarmerie south of Algeria, leaving 23 injured, according to APS.
“We inform you that we are at the source of the blast this morning in Tamenrassat (south of Algeria)”, MUJAO, a new terrorist group said in a short written message.
At least 23 people, including 15 gendarmes, 5 elements of the Civil Protection and three citizens were injured Saturday in a suicide car bombing against the national gendarmerie in Tamenrassat (1.90 km south of Algiers), according to the APS.
This is the first terrorist attack in this region of Algeria.
MUJAO is a new splinter group of AQIM that advocates Jihad (holy war) in West Africa and has come to light in December 2011, claiming the kidnapping of three Europeans in Tindouf camps.
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