Thalit massacre
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| Algerian massacres in 1997 | |
| Massacres in which over 50 people were killed: | |
| Thalit massacre | 3 - 4 April |
| Haouch Khemisti massacre | 21 April |
| Dairat Labguer massacre | 16 June |
| Si-Zerrouk massacre | 27 July |
| Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre | 3 August |
| Souhane massacre | 20 - 21 August |
| Beni-Ali massacre | 26 August |
| Rais massacre | 29 August |
| Beni-Messous massacre | 5 - 6 September |
| Guelb El-Kebir massacre | 19 September |
| Bentalha massacre | 22 September |
| Sid El-Antri massacre | 23 - 24 December |
| Wilaya of Relizane massacres | 30 December |
| 1996 - [Edit] - 1998 | |
The Thalit massacre took place in Thalit village (Médéa, near Ksar el Boukhari; see map), some 70 km from Algiers, on April 3-4 1997. 52 out of the 53 inhabitants were killed, having their throats slit by armed guerrillas who burned their houses afterwards. Smaller-scale massacres took place the same day at Amroussa, Sidi Naamane, Moretti, and Beni Slimane, killing another 30-odd people. The attack was blamed on Islamist guerrillas such as the Armed Islamic Group(GIA).
[edit] See also
* List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s
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