The Haouch Khemisti massacre took place before dawn on 22 April 1997 in the Algerian village of Haouch Mokhfi Khemisti (also spelled Boughelef Khemisti, Haouch Boughlef-Khemisti, Haouch Boukhelef-Khemisti, Haouch Boughfi el-Khemisti, Haouch Boughelaf, or Haouch Khmisti Bougara), some 25 km south of Algiers near Bougara. 93 villagers were killed in 3 hours. It was followed the next day by the Omaria massacre near Medea. During the bloody Algerian civil conflict of the 1990s, a variety of massacres occurred. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... The Dairat Labguer massacre took place on June 16, 1997 - less than two weeks after parliamentary elections - in the hamlet of Dairat Labguer (also (mis)spelled Dairat Labguar, Dairat Lebguar, Daïat Labguer, Daïret Lebguer, Dairet Lebguer) near Msila, 300 km southeast of Algiers. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Beni-Ali massacre took place in the mountain hamlet of Beni Ali, 40 miles south of Algiers near Chrea, on 26 August 1997. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... On August 29, 1997, what may have been Algerias bloodiest massacre of the 1990s occurred at the village of Rais, near Larbaa and south of Algiers. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... The Beni-Messous massacre took place on the night of September 5, 1997, in Sidi Youssef, an outlying neighborhood of the town of Beni-Messous. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... The Guelb El-Kebir massacre took place in a small town near Beni Slimane (Medea, Algeria; see map) on the night of the 19-20 September 1997. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... At the village of Bentalha, west of Algiers (Algeria), on the night of September 22-23, 1997, more than 200 villagers were killed by armed guerrillas. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). ... The Sid El-Antri massacre took place on the night of 23- 24 December 1997 in two small villages near Tiaret, Algeria. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, or Algeria, is a nation in north Africa, and the second largest country on the African continent. ... For other uses, see Algiers (disambiguation). ... The largest Omaria massacre took place on 23 April 1997 in the Algerian village of Omaria near Médéa, south of Algiers. ... See Medeia for the Euripides play of the same name. ...

See also

• List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s

During the bloody Algerian civil conflict of the 1990s, a variety of massacres occurred. ...

External links

• CNN (http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/24/algeria/)
• L'Express (http://www.lexpress.fr/info/monde/dossier/algerie/dossier.asp?ida=180895)