Oued Bouaicha massacre

When

26 Mar 1998

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

47

Coordinates

34.67° N, 3.26° E

Description

part of the Algerian Civil War in 1998

Part of the Algerian Civil War in 1998

The Oued Bouaïcha massacre took place about 150 miles (240 km) south of Algiers, near Djelfa, on March 26, 1998, during the Algerian Civil War. Forty-seven people, including 27 children under the age of sixteen, were killed at Oued Bouaïcha in the municipality of Bouire Lahdab, near Had Sahary, by about fifteen men carrying axes and knives, who also kidnapped three young women.

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