During the Algerian War, bomb attacks were carried out by the far-right terrorist organization (OAS), which sought French rule, in Boumerdès, the capital of Boumerdès Province, Algeria, starting in 1958.

    During the Algerian War, bomb attacks were carried out by the far-right terrorist organization OAS (Organization of Algerian Nationalists), which sought French rule, in Boumerdès, the capital of Boumerdès Province, Algeria, starting in 1958. To disrupt independence negotiations between the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) and French President Charles de Gaulle, Algerian-French nationals and officers who desired French rule organized the terrorist group (OAS) and carried out bomb attacks. Boumerdès served as the location of the French Provisional Administration from March 1962 through the final months of the Algerian War.

   The Algerian War was an armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from November 1, 1954, to July 30, 1962, which led to Algeria gaining independence from France. As the FLN's influence campaign spread, bloody indiscriminate massacres and bombings by Muslim Algerians occurred in several towns and cities. In the Battle of Algiers, the FLN brought the conflict into the cities, calling for a general strike starting September 30, 1956, and planting bombs in public places. Over 1.5 million Algerians (over 140,000 according to official French figures) died in the Algerian War, while 17,456 to 30,000 French soldiers were killed.

   With 10 million Algerian citizens, the local European population numbered only 1 million. Assessing the situation, de Gaulle recognized Algeria's political independence through the Evian Accords in 1962. This led many Algerian-French nationals (OAS) to return to their homeland. On July 3, 1962, France formally recognized Algeria's independence.