- Dairat Labguer massacre
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Algerian massacres in 1997 Massacres in which over 50 people were killed: Thalit massacre 3 - 4 April Haouch Khemisti massacre 21 April Dairat Labguer massacre 16 June Si-Zerrouk massacre 27 July Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre 3 August Souhane massacre 20 - 21 August Beni-Ali massacre 26 August Rais massacre 29 August Beni-Messous massacre 5 - 6 September Guelb El-Kebir massacre 19 September Bentalha massacre 22 September Sid El-Antri massacre 23 - 24 December Wilaya of Relizane massacres 30 December 1996 - [Edit] - 1998 The Dairat Labguer massacre took place on June 16, 1997 - less than two weeks after parliamentary elections - in the hamlet of Dairat Labguer (also (mis)spelled Dairat Labguar, Dairat Lebguar, Daïat Labguer, Daïret Lebguer, Dairet Lebguer) near M'sila, 300 km southeast of Algiers. About 50 people were killed by some 30 guerrillas, who also kidnapped women, killed the livestock, and stole jewels. Five days earlier, another 17 had been killed at a village some 5 km away. The massacre was attributed to Islamist groups such as the GIA.
See also
- List of massacres in Algeria
- List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s
References
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