Guelb El-Kebir massacre explained

Guelb El-Kebir massacre
Location:	Guelb El-Kebir, Algeria
Date:	20 September 1997
Partof:	Algerian Civil War
Fatalities:	53 villagers

The Guelb El-Kebir massacre took place in the village of Guelb el-Kebir, near Beni Slimane, in the Algerian province of Medea, on 20 September 1997.^[1] 53 people were killed by attackers that were not immediately identified, though the attack was similar to others carried out by Islamic groups opposed to the Algerian government.^[2]

See also

• List of massacres in Algeria

Notes and References

1. Web site: 53 die in Algerian massacre . Daily Dispatch . 22 September 1997 . 11 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050227101937/http://www.dispatch.co.za/1997/09/22/page%207.htm . 27 February 2005 . dead .
2. Web site: 53 Algerians Massacred as Killing Goes On . The New York Times . 22 September 2017 . 11 May 2017.