What the records say
- When
- 8 Dec 1998
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 81
- Coordinates
- 36.32° N, 1.14° E
- Description
- 1998 terrorist attacks in Algeria
Placed at the town its title names, Tadjena.
Tadjena massacre
1998 terrorist attacks in Algeria
The Tadjena massacre was an incident resulting in 81 deaths. Beginning about 9:00 p.m. on December 8 and continuing until early December 9, 1998, 81 villagers were killed by armed groups in the mountain villages of Bouhamed and Ayachiche just north of Tadjena, some 170 km (106 mi) west of Algiers, in the Chlef region of western Algeria.
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