Guelb El-Kebir massacre

{{Short description|1997 killing of civilians in the Algerian province of Medea}}

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{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = Guelb El-Kebir massacre

| location = Guelb El-Kebir, Algeria

| date = 20 September 1997

| partof = Algerian Civil War

| fatalities = 53 villagers

}}

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

The Guelb El-Kebir massacre took place in the village of Guelb el-Kebir, near Beni Slimane, in the Algerian province of Medea, on 20 September 1997.{{cite web | url=http://www.dispatch.co.za:80/1997/09/22/page%207.htm | title=53 die in Algerian massacre | publisher=Daily Dispatch | date=22 September 1997 | accessdate=11 May 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050227101937/http://www.dispatch.co.za/1997/09/22/page%207.htm | archivedate=27 February 2005 | url-status=dead }} 53 people were killed by attackers that were not immediately identified, though the attack was similar to others carried out by Islamic groups opposed to the Algerian government.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/22/world/53-algerians-massacred-as-killing-goes-on.html | title=53 Algerians Massacred as Killing Goes On | work=The New York Times | date=22 September 2017 | accessdate=11 May 2017}}