List of massacres during the Algerian Civil War
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Armed Islamic Group (GIA) claimed responsibility for many of them, while for others no group has claimed responsibility. In addition to generating a widespread sense of fear, the massacres effected migration from and depopulation of the worst-affected areas. The number of massacres peaked in 1997, with a smaller peak in 1994, and they were particularly concentrated in the areas between Algiers and Oran, with very few occurring in the east or in the Sahara
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This list is not exhaustive and covers only events in which over 50 civilians or prisoners were killed; with the number of smaller massacres being far more numerous. Sources frequently disagree on the number of deaths.
Wilaya of Algiers
- Serkadji prison mutinyof 21 February 1995, 109 deaths
- Beni-Messous massacreof 5–6 September 1997, 87-151 deaths
- Bentalha massacre of 22 September 1997, 202-300 deaths
Wilaya of Ain-Defla
- Ain-Defla massacre of March 1994, 80 deaths[citation needed]
- Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre of 3 August 1997, 76 deaths
Wilaya of Batna
- Batna-Msila Road massacre of 17 August 1996, 63 deaths[citation needed]
Wilayas of Bouira and Blida
- Blida massacre of March 1994, 82 deaths[1]
- Haouch Khemisti massacre of 21 April 1997, 93-113 deaths
- Si-Zerrouk massacreof 27 July 1997, 51 deaths
- Souhane massacre of 20–21 August 1997, 63 deaths
- Beni-Ali massacreof 26 August 1997, 64 deaths
- Rais massacre of 29 August 1997, 100-400 deaths
- Sidi-Hamed massacre of 11 January 1998, 120-400 deaths
Wilaya of Chlef
- Alleged Tenes massacre of 4 May 1994, 173 deaths (not independently verified)
- Tadjena massacre of 8 December 1998, 81 deaths
Wilaya of Médéa
- Berrouaghia prison massacre of 14 November 1994, 8-200 deaths
- Thalit massacre of 3–4 April 1997, 52 deaths
- Omaria massacre of 23 April 1997, 43 deaths
- Chouardia massacre of 27 April 1998, over 40 deaths[2]
- Guelb El-Kebir massacre, 19 September 1997, 53 deaths
Wilaya of M'Sila
- Dairat Labguer massacreof 16 June 1997, 50 deaths
Wilaya of Oran
- Sidi Daoud massacreof 12 October 1997, 43-50 deaths
Wilaya of Relizane
- Wilaya of Relizane massacres, of 30 December 1997, 78-412
- Khrouba massacre, 176 deaths
- Sahnoun massacre, 113 deaths
- El-Abadel massacre, 73 deaths
- Ouled-Tayeb massacre, 50 deaths
- Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998, ~1000 deaths
- Remka massacre, 117 deaths
Wilaya of Saïda
- Baloul massacre of 2 September 1998, 40-60 deaths[citation needed]
Wilayas of Tiaret and Tissemsilt
- Sid El-Antri massacre of 23–24 December 1997, 53-117 deaths
Other wilayas
- Oued Bouaicha massacre of 26 March 1998, 52 deaths, W. of Djelfa
- Beni Ounif massacre of 15 August 1999, 29 people
See also
- Algerian Civil War
- Timeline of the Algerian Civil War
- Human rights in Algeria
- List of massacres in Algeria
- Terrorist bombings in Algeria
References
- ^ "List of this year's massacres". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ISBN 978-1-56432-190-9.
Sources
- "An Anatomy of the Massacres", Ait-Larbi, Ait-Belkacem, Belaid, Nait-Redjam, and Soltani, in An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres, ed. Bedjaoui, Aroua, and Ait-Larbi, Hoggar: Geneva 1999.
External links
- Chronologie des massacres en Algerie
- Algeria in the grip of terror - an effort to understand the background of the massacres