Si Zerrouk massacre [SEP] point in time
Si Zerrouk massacre
The Si Zerrouk massacre took place in the Si Zerrouk neighborhood in the south of Larbaa in Algeria on 27 July 1997. About 50 people were killed.
Background.
In 1997, Algeria was at the peak of a civil conflict that had begun after the military's cancellation of 1992 elections set to be won by the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). Two major Islamist guerrilla groups, Armed Islamic Group (GIA) and AIS, and several minor ones, were fighting the government. Larbaa was
1997 in Algeria
Events from the year 1997 in Algeria.
Incumbents.
- President: Liamine Zéroual
- Prime Minister: Ahmed Ouyahia
Events.
- April 3–4 – Thalit massacre
- April 21 – Haouch Khemisti massacre
- June 5 – Algerian legislative elections, 1997
- June 16 – Dairat Labguer massacre
- July 27 – Si-Zerrouk massacre
- August 3 – Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre
- August 20–21 – Souhane massacre
- August 26 – Beni-Ali