Historical place archive

Djerba in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Djerba in Saudi Arabia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people2002–2002

Historical events in Djerba

2002

11 April 2002
Bombing of Djerba
Osama bin Laden · Al-Qaeda

A fuel tanker is blown up outside a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba killing 19 people including 14 German tourists, an al Qaeda spokesman later says the organisation is behind the suicide attack

11 April 2002
Suicide
Osama bin Laden · Al-Qaeda

A fuel tanker is blown up outside a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba killing 19 people including 14 German tourists, an al Qaeda spokesman later says the organisation is behind the suicide attack

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Saudi Arabia and Djerba. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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