Beni Ounif massacre
Beni Ounif massacre | |
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Part of Algerian Civil War | |
Location | Beni Ounif, Algeria |
Date | 15 August 1999 |
Attack type | Terrorist attack |
Deaths | 29 |
Perpetrator | Armed Islamic Group of Algeria |
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- 1990 Algerian local elections
- Guemmar
- 1991 legislative elections
- 1992 coup
- Assassination of Mohamed Boudiaf
- Algiers
- Blida
- Assassinations of journalists
Escalation 1994–1996
- Tazoult
- Tenes
- Ain Allah
- Berrouaghia
- Air France Flight 8969
- Algiers
- Sundus
- Serkadji
- Ain Defla
- Ghardaïa
- France
Massacres and reconciliation 1996–1999
- Algiers
- Tibhirine
- Tamesguida
- Thalit
- Haouch Khemisti
- Omaria
- Chouardia
- 1997 legislative elections
- M'sila
- Si Zerrouk
- Oued El-Had and Mezouara
- Souhane
- Beni Ali massacre
- Rais
- Beni Messous
- Guelb El-Kebir
- Bentalha
- Sidi Daoud
- Sid El-Antri
- 1st Relizane
- 2nd Relizane
- Sidi-Hamed
- Oued Bouaicha
- Tadjena
Defeat of the GIA 1999–2002
The Beni Ounif massacre took place on a desert highway near the Moroccan border at Beni Ounif in Bechar Province on 15 August 1999. The perpetrators flagged down cars at a false roadblock and beheaded 23 men, women and children and shot dead 6 more people as they tried to run away. They also kidnapped two 15-year old girls and stole the belongings of their victims.[1][2] President Abdelaziz Bouteflika suggested that the terrorists found shelter in Morocco, but a Moroccan government spokesman denied that Morocco had anything to do with any of the suspected members of the GIA.[3]
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