List of massacres in Algeria

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Algeria. This is an incomplete list. The total number of massacres reported is far more numerous[1]

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Ain-Defla massacre 1994 mid-March Ain-Defla 80 Several massacres occurred at Ain-Defla, including in 1994, 1997 and 2001.[2]
Baloul massacre 1998.09.02, the night of Village of Baloul, Saïda 40-60+
Batna-Msila Road massacre 1996.08.17 Batna 63 Bus stopped at a fake roadblock and 29 people killed by hatchets and knives.[3]
Beni Ali massacre 1997.08.26 Beni Ali 100
Béni Ounif massacre 1999.08.15 Béni Ounif 29
Beni-Messous massacre 1997.09.05 Beni-Messous 87+
Bentalha massacre 1997.09.22-23 15 km south of Algiers 200-400 "[T]he massacre of Bentalha in which 400 people had their throats cut one September night in 1997".[4]
Berrouaghia prison massacre 1994.11.14 30-200
Blida massacre 1994.03 Blida 82 Massacres in Blida also occurred in 1997 and 2001.
Boufarik massacre 1997.04.09 Boufarik 22 The victims were hacked to death.[5]
Chouardia massacre 1998.03.26, the night of Wilaya of Medea 40
Dairat Labguer massacre 1997.06.16 Dairat Labguer 50 Five nights earlier, another 17 had been killed 5 km away.
El Oufia tribe massacre 1832 Algeria 500+ All the men, women and children of the El Oufia tribe were killed in one night.[6]
Guelb El-Kebir massacre 1997.09.19-20 Beni Slimane 52
Haouch Khemisti massacre 1997.04.22-23 Haouch Mokhfi Khemisti 93 The 93 villagers were decapitated in 3 hours on the night of April 22–23.[7]
Omaria massacre 1997.04.23 Omaria (near Médéa) 42
Oran massacre of 1962 1962.07.05 Oran 95-3500
Oued Bouaicha massacre 1998.03.26 Djelfa 52 (including 32 children) The victims were killed by men carrying axes and knives, at Oued Bouaïcha in the municipality of Bouiret Lahdab; near Had Sahary. On the same day, a massacre occurred at Youb.
Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre 1997.08.03 Arib 40-76
Ouled Rhia tribe massacre 1845 Dahra 500-700 The entire Ouled Rhia tribe was killed by suffocation in a cave.[8]
Rais massacre 1997.08.29 Rais (near Larbaa) 800[9] "Some were shot, some had their throats cut, the heads of babies were severed. A group of extremists who claimed to be motivated by Islam carried out the killings."[10]
Sétif and Guelma massacre 1945.05.08 Sétif 6000
Sid El-Antri massacre 1997.12.23-24 Tiaret 48-117
Sidi Daoud massacre 1997.10.12 Sig 43
Sidi-Hamed massacre 1998.01.11 Sidi-Hamed 103 70 injured
Si Zerrouk massacre 1997.07.27, the night of Larbaa 47-58
Souhane massacre 1997.08.20-21 Souhane 64
Tadjena massacre 1998.12.09 mountain villages of Bouhamed and Ayachiche (just north of Tadjena) 81 In 2003, Tadjena was subjected to two additional massacres.[11]
Tadjena massacre (second) 2003.05.25, the night of Tadjena 7 site of other massacres in 1998 and 2003[12]
Tadjena massacre (third) 2003.05.26, the night of Tadjena 14 site of other massacres in 1998 and 2003[13]
Tenes massacre 1994.05.04 Ténès 16
Thalit massacre 1997.04.03-04 Thalit 52 52 Of the 53 inhabitants were killed by slitting their throats. The villagers' homes were burned down afterwards.[14]
Tiarit massacre 2001.04 Tiarit 15 women and children.[15]
Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 30 December 1997 1997.12.30 4 villages 78-272 (varying estimates)
Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998 1998.01.04 Oued Rhiou 172+
Youb massacre 1998.03.26 Youb 11 On the same day as the Oued Bouaicha massacre

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. The Middle East and North Africa 2003, Routledge, 22 Nov 2002, page 175
  3. The Middle East and North Africa, Volume 50 By Europa Publications Limited, Routledge, 30 Oct 2003, page 179
  4. Algeria: Thinking the unthinkable The Economist, Nov 9th 2000, from the print edition
  5. New statesman , Volume 126, Issues 4332-4349
  6. Blood and Soil: Ben Kiernan, page 365, 2008
  7. New statesman , Volume 126, Issues 4332-4349, 1997
  8. Blood and Soil: Ben Kiernan, page 365, 2008
  9. Violent past haunts Algeria's fresh start By Jeremy Bowen BBC News, Algiers
  10. Violent past haunts Algeria's fresh start By Jeremy Bowen BBC News, Algiers
  11. "More than 80 Algerians killed in weekend massacres", CNN, 6 April 1997, retrieved 11 February 2010
  12. The Middle East and North Africa 2003, Routledge, 22 Nov 2002, page 175
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