Bentalha Massacre

Bentalha Massacre

At the village of Bentalha (Arabic: بن طلحة), about 15 km south of Algiers, on the night of September 22-23, 1997, more than 200 villagers (according to Amnesty International) were killed by armed guerrillas. The number of deaths reported ranged from 85 (initial official estimate) to 400 (The Economist)

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