See also: List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s.
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Algeria. This is an incomplete list; the total number of massacres reported is far more numerous.[1]
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ain-Defla massacre | 1994 mid-March | Ain-Defla | 80 | Several massacres occurred at Ain-Defla, including in 1994, 1997 and 2001.[2] | |
| Baloul massacre | Village of Baloul, Saïda | 40-60+ | [3] | ||
| Batna-Msila Road massacre | Batna | 63 | Bus stopped at a fake roadblock and 29 people killed by hatchets and knives.[4] | ||
| Beni Ali massacre | Beni Ali | 100 | |||
| Béni Ounif massacre | Béni Ounif | 29 | |||
| Beni-Messous massacre | Beni-Messous | 87+ | |||
| Bentalha massacre | 15 km south of Algiers | 200-400 | "[T]he massacre of Bentalha in which 400 people had their throats cut one September night in 1997".[5] | ||
| Berrouaghia prison massacre | 30-200 | ||||
| Blida massacre | Blida | 82 | Massacres in Blida also occurred in 1997 and 2001. | ||
| Boufarik massacre | Boufarik | 22 | The victims were hacked to death.[6] | ||
| Chouardia massacre | Wilaya of Médéa | 40 | |||
| Dairat Labguer massacre | Dairat Labguer | 50 | Five nights earlier, another 17 had been killed 5 km away. | ||
| El Ouffia tribe massacre | 1832 | Algeria | 500+ | All the men, women and children of the El Oufia tribe were killed in one night.[7] | |
| Guelb El-Kebir massacre | Beni Slimane | 52 | |||
| Haouch Khemisti massacre | Haouch Mokhfi Khemisti | 93 | The 93 villagers were decapitated in 3 hours on the night of April 22–23.[8] | ||
| Isly massacre | March 26, 1962 | Algiers | 50-80 | Massacre of Pied-Noirs rioting against Algeria's independence by panicking French Algerian Muslims troops | |
| Omaria massacre | Omaria (near Médéa) | 42 | |||
| Oran massacre of 1962 | Oran | 95-453 | Mass killing of french settlers living in Algeria by members of the Algerian National Liberation Army.[9] | ||
| Oued Bouaicha massacre | Djelfa | 52 (including 32 children) | The victims were killed by men carrying axes and knives, at Oued Bouaïcha in the municipality of Bouiret Lahdab; near Had Sahary. On the same day, a massacre occurred at Youb. | ||
| Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre | Arib | 40-76 | |||
| Ouled Rhia tribe massacre | 1845 | Dahra | 500-700 | The entire Ouled Rhia tribe was killed by suffocation in a cave. | |
| Rais massacre | Rais (near Larbaa) | 800[10] | "Some were shot, some had their throats cut, the heads of babies were severed. A group of extremists who claimed to be motivated by Islam carried out the killings." | ||
| Laghouat massacre[11] [12] [13] | Ville de Laghouat | 2300 - 3000[14] | |||
| Sétif and Guelma massacre | Sétif | 6000-45000 | |||
| Sid El-Antri massacre | Tiaret | 48-117 | |||
| Sidi Daoud massacre | Sig | 43 | The Sidi Daoud massacre took place outside the village of Sidi Daoud near Sig in western Algeria on the night of 12 October 1997. 43 people were killed at a fake roadblock. | ||
| Sidi-Hamed massacre | Sidi-Hamed | 103 | 70 injured | ||
| Si Zerrouk massacre | Larbaa | 47-58 | |||
| Souhane massacre | Souhane | 64 | |||
| Tadjena massacre | mountain villages of Bouhamed and Ayachiche (just north of Tadjena) | 81 | In 2003, Tadjena was subjected to two additional massacres.[15] | ||
| Tadjena massacre (second) | Tadjena | 7 | site of other massacres in 1998 and 2003 | ||
| Tadjena massacre (third) | Tadjena | 14 | site of other massacres in 1998 and 2003 | ||
| Tenes massacre | Ténès | 16 | |||
| Thalit massacre | Thalit | 52 | 52 Of the 53 inhabitants were killed by slitting their throats. The villagers' homes were burned down afterwards. | ||
| Tiarit massacre | Tiarit | 15 women and children. | |||
| Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 30 December 1997 | 4 villages | 78-272 (varying estimates) | |||
| Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998 | Oued Rhiou | 172+ | |||
| Youb massacre | Youb | 11 | On the same day as the Oued Bouaicha massacre |