Souhane massacre
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1997 massacre in Algeria
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| Souhane massacre | |
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| Part of Algerian Civil War | |
| Location | Souhane, Algeria |
| Date | 20–21 August 1997 |
| Deaths | 64 villagers |
| Algerian massacres in 1997 |
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| Massacres in which over 50 people were killed: |
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Thalit massacre 3–4 April Haouch Khemisti massacre 21 April Daïat Labguer (M'sila) 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 |
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1998 → |
The largest of the Souhane massacres occurred in the small mountain town of Souhane (about 25 km south of Algiers, between Larbaa and Tablat) on 20–21 August 1997. 64 people were killed, and 15 women were kidnapped; the resulting terror triggered a mass exodus, reducing the town's population down from 4000 before the massacre to just 103 in 2002. Smaller-scale massacres later took place on November 27, 1997 (18 men, 3 women and 4 children killed) and 2 March 2000, when some 10 people from a single household were killed by guerrillas. The massacres were attributed on Islamist groups such as the GIA.
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