Berrouaghia prison massacre explained

Berrouaghia prison massacre
Location:	Berrouaghia prison, Algeria
Date:	14 November 1994
Partof:	Algerian Civil War
Fatalities:	30 to 200

The Berrouaghia prison massacre is alleged to have taken place on 14 November 1994, after an escape attempt at Algeria's Berrouaghia prison. Estimates of the death toll vary wildly. The government gave the figure of eight dead, while others placed the death toll at 30 or higher, and El Watan later gave a figure of 200.^[1]

See also

• List of massacres in Algeria

External links

• HRW
• Amnesty
• El Watan

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-12-21 . مجزرة سجن البرواقية نوفمبر 1994 بقلم النقيب أحمد شوشان – قناة الجزائر . 2023-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201221140207/https://www.algeriachannel.net/2011/11/18/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1-1994-%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82/ . 2020-12-21 .