List of massacres during the Algerian Civil War

List of massacres during the Algerian Civil War
Many massacres were committed during the Algerian Civil War that began in 1991. The 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.
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 mutiny of 21 February 1995, 109 deaths
Beni-Messous massacre of 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
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
Wilayas of Bouira and Blida
Blida massacre of March 1994, 82 deaths
Haouch Khemisti massacre of 21 April 1997, 93-113 deaths
Si-Zerrouk massacre of 27 July 1997, 51 deaths
Souhane massacre of 20–21 August 1997, 63 deaths
Beni-Ali massacre of 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
Guelb El-Kebir massacre, 19 September 1997, 53 deaths
Wilaya of M'Sila
Dairat Labguer massacre of 16 June 1997, 50 deaths
Wilaya of Oran
Sidi Daoud massacre of 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
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
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
Massacres of the 1990s
Algerian Civil War
Algerian War