Tamesguida ambush
| Ambush of Tamesguida | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Algerian Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Algeria |
Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Abdelkader Chebouti Mensouri Meliani Abdelhak Layada Djafer al-Afghani Moh Leveilley † Noureddine Bouafra † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Algerian Security Forces | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 40 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
2 killed 2 captured (prior to the ambush) | ||||||
The Ambush of Tamesguida occurred on September 1 1992, where Algerian Security Forces ambushed an Islamist meeting in Tamesguida during unity talks that preceded the formation of the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA).