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.
NameDateLocationDeathsNotesAin-Defla massacre1994 mid-MarchAin-Defla80Several massacres occurred at Ain-Defla, including in 1994, 1997 and 2001.The Middle East and North Africa 2003, Routledge, 22 Nov 2002, page 175Baloul massacreVillage of Baloul, Saïda40-60+Batna-Msila Road massacreBatna63Bus 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 179Benachour massacre (1st)December 5, 1996Benachour, Blida19Benachour massacre(2nd)January 5, 1997Benachour, Blida16Beni Ali massacreBeni Ali100Béni Ounif massacreBéni Ounif29Beni-Messous massacreBeni-Messous87+Bentalha massacre15 km south of Algiers200-400"[T]he massacre of Bentalha in which 400 people had their throats cut one September night in 1997".Algeria: Thinking the unthinkable The Economist, Nov 9th 2000, from the print editionBerrouaghia prison massacre30-200Blida massacreBlida82Massacres in Blida also occurred in 1997 and 2001.Boufarik massacreBoufarik22The victims were hacked to death.New statesman , Volume 126, Issues 4332-4349Chouardia massacreWilaya of Médéa40Dairat Labguer massacreDairat Labguer50Five nights earlier, another 17 had been killed 5 km away.El Ouffia tribe massacre1832Algeria500+All the men, women and children of the El Oufia tribe were killed in one night.Blood and Soil: Ben Kiernan, page 365, 2008Guelb El-Kebir massacreBeni Slimane52Haouch Khemisti massacreHaouch Mokhfi Khemisti93The 93 villagers were decapitated in 3 hours on the night of April 22–23.New statesman , Volume 126, Issues 4332-4349, 1997Hidroelektra workers massacreDecember 14, 1993near Blida12In Amenas hostage crisisJanuary 16-19, 2013In Amenas39Isly massacreMarch 26, 1962Algiers50-80Massacre of Pied-Noirs rioting against Algeria's independence by panicking French Algerian Muslims troopsOmaria massacreOmaria (near Médéa)42Oran massacre of 1962Oran95-453 Mass killing of French settlers living in Algeria by members of the Algerian National Liberation Army.Oued Bouaicha massacreDjelfa52 (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 massacreArib40-76Oueid Khenig-Roum bombingJanuary 14, 2021Oueid Khenig-Roum, Telidjane District, Tebessa Province5Ouled Rhia tribe massacre1845Dahra500-700The entire Ouled Rhia tribe was killed by suffocation in a cave.Rais massacreRais (near Larbaa)800Violent 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:LaghouatVille de Laghouat2300 - 3000 By Robert Le Tourneau Le Soir d'Algérie bombingFebruary 11, 1996Algiers29The victims included three journalists.Sétif and Guelma massacreSétif6000-45000Sid El-Antri massacreTiaret48-117Sidi Daoud massacreSig43 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 massacreSidi-Hamed10370 injuredSi Zerrouk massacreLarbaa47-58Souhane massacreSouhane64Tadjena massacremountain villages of Bouhamed and Ayachiche (just north of Tadjena)81In 2003, Tadjena was subjected to two additional massacres.Tadjena massacre (second)Tadjena7site of other massacres in 1998 and 2003Tadjena massacre (third)Tadjena14site of other massacres in 1998 and 2003Tenes massacreTénès16Thalit massacreThalit5252 Of the 53 inhabitants were killed by slitting their throats. The villagers' homes were burned down afterwards.Tiarit massacreTiarit15 women and children.Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 30 December 19974 villages78-272 (varying estimates)Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998Oued Rhiou172+Youb massacreYoub11On the same day as the Oued Bouaicha massacre
See also
List of massacres during the Algerian Civil War
References