Sidi-Hamed massacre

Sidi-Hamed massacre

The Sidi-Hamed massacre took place on the night of January 11, 1998 (the last day of Ramadan), in the town of Sidi-Hamed (or Sidi-Hammad), 30 km south of Algiers. An estimated fifty gunmen poured in, attacking children and adults alike; they bombed a cafe where films were being watched and a mosque in nearby Haouche Sahraoui, killing those who fled, and stormed houses to slaughter those within. According to official figures, 103 were killed and seventy injured, including two pro-government fighters and five of the attackers. Other sources indicate a higher toll; AFP supposedly counted over 120 corpses, and some Algerian newspapers claimed 400. Thirty girls were reportedly kidnapped. The massacre was generally blamed on the GIA. One newspaper claimed that survivors blamed it on the AIS.

ee also

* List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/monitoring/46738.stm BBC]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/46595.stm BBC]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/11/newsid_4075000/4075725.stm BBC]
* [http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/1998-01-13/1998-01-13-407575 Web de l'Humanite]
* [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:KKDn4CNidiQJ:www.turkishdailynews.com/old_editions/01_14_98/for3.htm+Sidi-Hamed+massacre+reuters&hl=en Turkish Daily News]
* [http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/1998-01-14/1998-01-14-407649 Humanite]


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