- Béni Ounif
Béni Ounif is a municipality in
Béchar Province ,Algeria , coextensive with the "district of Béni Ounif". It is located 8kilometer s ofFiguig ,Morocco , which is inaccessible as the border between the two countries is closed. It has a population of 8.199 as of the1998 , which gives it 7 seats in the PMA.History
The Béni Ounif massacre took place there near the Moroccan border, on
15 August ,1999 . Guerrillas stopped a bus at a fakeroadblock and killed some 29 people. PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika suggested that the terrorists in question had found shelter inMorocco , but later took back the accusation.ee also
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List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/438393.stm BBC]
* [http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/3385/News/101999/News1005.html Morocco News]
* [http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/3385/News/101999/News1003.html Morocco News]
* [http://www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma/MHinternet/Archives_517/html_517/maroc.html Maroc-Hebdo]
* [http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/990908/1999090850.html Arabic News]
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