location: Boumerdes
notes: Senior member of AQIM killed by a homemade roadside bomb when military was conducting routine patrol. The victim, Kolla Mourad, aka Abou Talha, trained 13 AQIM youth members and is suspected of involvement in kidnappings in Thenia and Si Mustapha, as well as attacks on gendarmes in Thenia.
target_text: location: Boumerdes, fatalities: 1