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.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.

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style="width:120px;"\|Name ! style="width:65px;"\|Date ! style="width:120px;"\|Location ! style="width:75px;"\|Deaths !class="unsortable"\|Notes
Ain-Defla massacre \|1994 mid-March \|Ain-Defla \|80 \|Several massacres occurred at Ain-Defla, including in 1994, 1997 and 2001.The Middle East and North Africa 2003, Routledge, 22 Nov 2002, page 175
Baloul massacre \|{{Dts\|1998\|09\|02}} \|Village of Baloul, Saïda \|40-60+ \|{{Cite web\|url=https://hoggar.org/wp-content/uploads/1999/08/10anatomy.pdf\|title=AN ANATOMY OF THE MASSACRES\|access-date=16 May 2024\|website=hoggar.org}}
Batna-Msila Road massacre \|{{Dts\|1996\|08\|17}} \|Batna \|63 \|Bus stopped at a fake roadblock and 29 people killed by hatchets and knives.The Middle East and North Africa, Volume 50 By Europa Publications Limited, Routledge, 30 Oct 2003, page 179
Beni Ali massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|08\|26}} \|Beni Ali \|100 \|
Béni Ounif massacre \|{{Dts\|1999\|08\|15}} \|Béni Ounif \|29 \|
Beni-Messous massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|09\|05}} \|Beni-Messous \|87+ \|
Bentalha massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|09}} \|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".[http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=418247 Algeria: Thinking the unthinkable] The Economist, Nov 9th 2000, from the print edition
Berrouaghia prison massacre \|{{Dts\|1994\|11\|14}} \| \|30-200 \|
Blida massacre \|{{Dts\|1994\|03}} \|Blida \|82 \|Massacres in Blida also occurred in 1997 and 2001.
Boufarik massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|04\|09}} \|Boufarik \|22 \|The victims were hacked to death.New statesman , Volume 126, Issues 4332-4349
Chouardia massacre \|{{Dts\|1998\|04\|26}} \|Wilaya of Médéa \|40 \|
Dairat Labguer massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|06\|16}} \|Dairat Labguer \|50 \|Five nights earlier, another 17 had been killed 5 km away.
El Ouffia tribe massacre \|1832 \|Algeria \|500+ \|All the men, women and children of the El Oufia tribe were killed in one night.Blood and Soil: Ben Kiernan, page 365, 2008
Guelb El-Kebir massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|09}} \|Beni Slimane \|52 \|
Haouch Khemisti massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|04}} \|Haouch Mokhfi Khemisti \|93 \|The 93 villagers were decapitated in 3 hours on the night of April 22–23.New statesman , Volume 126, Issues 4332-4349, 1997
Isly massacre \|March 26, 1962 \|Algiers \|50-80 \|Massacre of Pied-Noirs rioting against Algeria's independence by panicking French Algerian Muslims troops
Omaria massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|04\|23}} \|Omaria (near Médéa) \|42 \|
Oran massacre of 1962 \|{{Dts\|1962\|07\|05}} \|Oran \|95-453 \| Mass killing of French settlers living in Algeria by members of the Algerian National Liberation Army.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/la-verite-sur-les-massacres-d-oran_460144.html\|title = La vérité sur les massacres d'Oran\|date = 13 September 2006}}
Oued Bouaicha massacre \|{{Dts\|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 \|{{Dts\|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.
Rais massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|08\|29}} \|Rais (near Larbaa) \|800[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4297888.stm Violent past haunts Algeria's fresh start] By Jeremy Bowen BBC News, Algiers \|"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."
Laghouat massacre:fr:Laghouat{{Cite news\|url=http://aufildesmotsetdelhistoire.unblog.fr/2011/12/04/le-4-decembre-1852/\|title=Le 4 décembre 1852 – La prise de la ville de Laghouat\|work=AU FIL DES MOTS ET DE L'HISTOIRE\|access-date=2017-11-23\|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite book\|title=LivreLettres familières sur l'Algérie: un petit royaume arabe\|last=Pein \|first=Théodore\|publisher=C. Tanera (Paris)\|year=1871\|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5789413p\|pages=363–370}}{{Citation\|last=Dzland Mourad\|title=Documentaire :Le Génocide De Laghouat 1852 Mourad AGGOUNE\|date=2013-11-30\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV-ot5-eo-s\|access-date=2017-11-23}} \|{{Dts\|1852\|12\|03}} \|Ville de Laghouat \|2300 - 3000[http://www.sidielhadjaissa.com/article-28307044.html] By Robert Le Tourneau
Sétif and Guelma massacre \|{{Dts\|1945\|05\|08}} \|Sétif \|6000-45000 \|
Sid El-Antri massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|12}} \|Tiaret \|48-117 \|
Sidi Daoud massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|10\|12}} \|Sig \|43 \| The Sidi Daoud massacre took place outside the village of Sidi Daoud near Sig in western Algeria on the night of 12 October 1997. 43 people were killed at a fake roadblock.
Sidi-Hamed massacre \|{{Dts\|1998\|01\|11}} \|Sidi-Hamed \|103 \|70 injured
Si Zerrouk massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|07\|27}} \|Larbaa \|47-58 \|
Souhane massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|08}} \|Souhane \|64 \|
Tadjena massacre \|{{Dts\|1998\|12\|09}} \|mountain villages of Bouhamed and Ayachiche (just north of Tadjena) \|81 \|In 2003, Tadjena was subjected to two additional massacres.{{cite web \|url=http://www.aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2003%20News%20archives/May%202003%20News/28%20n/Many%20Injured%20as%20Strong%20Tremor%20Hits%20Algeria%20Anew.htm \|title=Many Injured as Strong Tremor Hits Algeria Anew \|access-date=2005-02-17 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040909104444/http://aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2003%20News%20archives/May%202003%20News/28%20n/Many%20Injured%20as%20Strong%20Tremor%20Hits%20Algeria%20Anew.htm \|archive-date=2004-09-09 }}
Tadjena massacre (second) \|{{Dts\|2003\|05\|25}} \|Tadjena \|7 \|site of other massacres in 1998 and 2003
Tadjena massacre (third) \|{{Dts\|2003\|05\|26}} \|Tadjena \|14 \|site of other massacres in 1998 and 2003
Tenes massacre \|{{Dts\|1994\|05\|04}} \|Ténès \|16 \|
Thalit massacre \|{{Dts\|1997\|04}} \|Thalit \|52 \|52 Of the 53 inhabitants were killed by slitting their throats. The villagers' homes were burned down afterwards.{{Citation\|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/06/algeria.massacre/\|title=More than 80 Algerians killed in weekend massacres\|date=6 April 1997\|access-date=11 February 2010\|newspaper=CNN}}
Tiarit massacre \|{{Dts\|2001\|04}} \|Tiarit \|15 women and children. \|
Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 30 December 1997 \|{{Dts\|1997\|12\|30}} \|4 villages \|78-272 (varying estimates) \|
Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998 \|{{Dts\|1998\|01\|04}} \|Oued Rhiou \|172+ \|
Youb massacre \|{{Dts\|1998\|03\|26}} \|Youb \|11 \|On the same day as the Oued Bouaicha massacre

class="sortable wikitable"

style="width:120px;"|Name

! style="width:65px;"|Date

! style="width:120px;"|Location

! style="width:75px;"|Deaths

!class="unsortable"|Notes

Ain-Defla massacre

|1994 mid-March

|Ain-Defla

|80

|Several massacres occurred at Ain-Defla, including in 1994, 1997 and 2001.The Middle East and North Africa 2003, Routledge, 22 Nov 2002, page 175

Baloul massacre

|{{Dts|1998|09|02}}

|Village of Baloul, Saïda

|40-60+

|{{Cite web|url=https://hoggar.org/wp-content/uploads/1999/08/10anatomy.pdf|title=AN ANATOMY OF THE MASSACRES|access-date=16 May 2024|website=hoggar.org}}

Batna-Msila Road massacre

|{{Dts|1996|08|17}}

|Batna

|63

|Bus stopped at a fake roadblock and 29 people killed by hatchets and knives.The Middle East and North Africa, Volume 50

By Europa Publications Limited, Routledge, 30 Oct 2003, page 179

Beni Ali massacre

|{{Dts|1997|08|26}}

|Beni Ali

|100

Béni Ounif massacre

|{{Dts|1999|08|15}}

|Béni Ounif

|29

Beni-Messous massacre

|{{Dts|1997|09|05}}

|Beni-Messous

|87+

Bentalha massacre

|{{Dts|1997|09}}

|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".[http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=418247 Algeria: Thinking the unthinkable] The Economist, Nov 9th 2000, from the print edition

Berrouaghia prison massacre

|{{Dts|1994|11|14}}

|30-200

Blida massacre

|{{Dts|1994|03}}

|Blida

|82

|Massacres in Blida also occurred in 1997 and 2001.

Boufarik massacre

|{{Dts|1997|04|09}}

|Boufarik

|22

|The victims were hacked to death.New statesman

, Volume 126, Issues 4332-4349

Chouardia massacre

|{{Dts|1998|04|26}}

|Wilaya of Médéa

|40

Dairat Labguer massacre

|{{Dts|1997|06|16}}

|Dairat Labguer

|50

|Five nights earlier, another 17 had been killed 5 km away.

El Ouffia tribe massacre

|1832

|Algeria

|500+

|All the men, women and children of the El Oufia tribe were killed in one night.Blood and Soil: Ben Kiernan, page 365, 2008

Guelb El-Kebir massacre

|{{Dts|1997|09}}

|Beni Slimane

|52

Haouch Khemisti massacre

|{{Dts|1997|04}}

|Haouch Mokhfi Khemisti

|93

|The 93 villagers were decapitated in 3 hours on the night of April 22–23.New statesman

, Volume 126, Issues 4332-4349, 1997

Isly massacre

|March 26, 1962

|Algiers

|50-80

|Massacre of Pied-Noirs rioting against Algeria's independence by panicking French Algerian Muslims troops

Omaria massacre

|{{Dts|1997|04|23}}

|Omaria (near Médéa)

|42

Oran massacre of 1962

|{{Dts|1962|07|05}}

|Oran

|95-453

| Mass killing of French settlers living in Algeria by members of the Algerian National Liberation Army.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/la-verite-sur-les-massacres-d-oran_460144.html|title = La vérité sur les massacres d'Oran|date = 13 September 2006}}

Oued Bouaicha massacre

|{{Dts|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

|{{Dts|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.

Rais massacre

|{{Dts|1997|08|29}}

|Rais (near Larbaa)

|800[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4297888.stm Violent past haunts Algeria's fresh start] By Jeremy Bowen

BBC News, Algiers

|"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."

Laghouat massacre:fr:Laghouat{{Cite news|url=http://aufildesmotsetdelhistoire.unblog.fr/2011/12/04/le-4-decembre-1852/|title=Le 4 décembre 1852 – La prise de la ville de Laghouat|work=AU FIL DES MOTS ET DE L'HISTOIRE|access-date=2017-11-23|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite book|title=LivreLettres familières sur l'Algérie: un petit royaume arabe|last=Pein |first=Théodore|publisher=C. Tanera (Paris)|year=1871|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5789413p|pages=363–370}}{{Citation|last=Dzland Mourad|title=Documentaire :Le Génocide De Laghouat 1852 Mourad AGGOUNE|date=2013-11-30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV-ot5-eo-s|access-date=2017-11-23}}

|{{Dts|1852|12|03}}

|Ville de Laghouat

|2300 - 3000[http://www.sidielhadjaissa.com/article-28307044.html] By Robert Le Tourneau

Sétif and Guelma massacre

|{{Dts|1945|05|08}}

|Sétif

|6000-45000

Sid El-Antri massacre

|{{Dts|1997|12}}

|Tiaret

|48-117

Sidi Daoud massacre

|{{Dts|1997|10|12}}

|Sig

|43

| The Sidi Daoud massacre took place outside the village of Sidi Daoud near Sig in western Algeria on the night of 12 October 1997. 43 people were killed at a fake roadblock.

Sidi-Hamed massacre

|{{Dts|1998|01|11}}

|Sidi-Hamed

|103

|70 injured

Si Zerrouk massacre

|{{Dts|1997|07|27}}

|Larbaa

|47-58

Souhane massacre

|{{Dts|1997|08}}

|Souhane

|64

Tadjena massacre

|{{Dts|1998|12|09}}

|mountain villages of Bouhamed and Ayachiche (just north of Tadjena)

|81

|In 2003, Tadjena was subjected to two additional massacres.{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2003%20News%20archives/May%202003%20News/28%20n/Many%20Injured%20as%20Strong%20Tremor%20Hits%20Algeria%20Anew.htm |title=Many Injured as Strong Tremor Hits Algeria Anew |access-date=2005-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040909104444/http://aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2003%20News%20archives/May%202003%20News/28%20n/Many%20Injured%20as%20Strong%20Tremor%20Hits%20Algeria%20Anew.htm |archive-date=2004-09-09 }}

Tadjena massacre (second)

|{{Dts|2003|05|25}}

|Tadjena

|site of other massacres in 1998 and 2003

Tadjena massacre (third)

|{{Dts|2003|05|26}}

|Tadjena

|14

|site of other massacres in 1998 and 2003

|{{Dts|1994|05|04}}

|16

|{{Dts|1997|04}}

|52

|52 Of the 53 inhabitants were killed by slitting their throats. The villagers' homes were burned down afterwards.{{Citation|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/06/algeria.massacre/|title=More than 80 Algerians killed in weekend massacres|date=6 April 1997|access-date=11 February 2010|newspaper=CNN}}

Tiarit massacre

|{{Dts|2001|04}}

|Tiarit

|15 women and children.

Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 30 December 1997

|{{Dts|1997|12|30}}

|4 villages

|78-272 (varying estimates)

Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998

|{{Dts|1998|01|04}}

|Oued Rhiou

|172+