Oued Bouaicha massacre

Part of the Algerian Civil War in 1998
Oued Bouaicha massacre
Part of Algerian Civil War
LocationNear Djelfa, Algeria
Date26 March 1998
Deaths47 villagers
No. of participants
15 militants
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Algerian Civil War
Beginning of war 1991–1994

Escalation 1994–1996

Massacres and reconciliation 1996–1999

Defeat of the GIA 1999–2002

Algerian massacres in 1998
Massacres in which over 50 people were killed:
Wilaya of Relizane massacres 4 January
Sidi-Hamed massacre 11 January
Oued Bouaicha massacre 26 March
Baloul massacre 2 September
Tadjena massacre 8 December
← 1997
1999 →
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The Oued Bouaïcha massacre took place about 150 miles (240 km) south of Algiers, near Djelfa, on March 26, 1998, during the Algerian Civil War. Forty-seven people, including 27 children under the age of sixteen, were killed at Oued Bouaïcha in the municipality of Bouire Lahdab, near Had Sahary, by about fifteen men carrying axes and knives, who also kidnapped three young women.[1][2] On the same day, another eleven people were killed on the other side of the country at Youb.

See also

References

  1. ^ GARÇON, José (1998-12-10). "45 personnes tuées en Algérie. Ce massacre fait craindre un regain de violence à dix jours du ramadan". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  2. ^ "Algérie - Quarante quatre civils assassinés De nouveau la litanie des massacres". L'Orient-Le Jour. 1998-12-10. Retrieved 2020-09-19.

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