The
Thalit massacre took place in Thalit village (Médéa
, near
Ksar el Boukhari; see map), some 70 km from Algiers
, on April 3-4 1997. 52 out of the 53 inhabitants were killed,
having their throats slit by armed guerrillas who burned their
houses afterwards. Smaller-scale massacres took place the same day
at
Amroussa,
Sidi
Naamane,
Moretti, and
Beni Slimane, killing another 30-odd people.
The attack was blamed on Islamist guerrillas such as the
Armed Islamic Group(GIA).
See also
Location of massacres in Algeria
1997-1998 showing Thalit near the centre of the map.
*
List of
Algerian massacres of the 1990s
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