Beni Ali massacre

{{Short description|1997 mass killing in Algeria}}

{{distinguish|Beni massacre}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = Beni Ali massacre

| location = Beni Ali, Algeria

| date = 26 August 1997

| partof = Algerian Civil War

| type = Terrorist attack

| fatalities = 64 to 100

}}{{Campaignbox Algerian Civil War}}{{Algerian massacres of 1997}}

The Beni Ali massacre took place in the mountain hamlet of Beni Ali, {{Convert|40|mi|km|abbr=out}} south of Algiers near Chrea, on 26 August 1997. Sixty-four (according to The New York Times and CNN){{Cite news |last=Whitney |first=Craig R. |date=1997-08-30 |title=98 Die in One of Algerian Civil War's Worst Massacres |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/30/world/98-die-in-one-of-algerian-civil-war-s-worst-massacres.html |access-date=2023-03-05 |issn=0362-4331}} or 100 people (according to Amnesty International){{Cite web |date=27 October 1997 |title=Human Rights Have No Borders |url=https://www.amnesty.org/es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mde280331997en.pdf |website=Amnesty International}} were killed in a terrorist attack.{{Cite book |last=Benyoub |first=Rachid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9NyAAAAMAAJ |title=Algeria 2002 Political Directory: Illustrated |date=2002 |publisher=R. Benyoub |isbn=978-9961-865-01-9 |pages=55 |language=en}} Three days later came the larger Rais massacre.