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).^{[citation needed]}