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The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
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Thalit massacre
Massacre of villagers by Islamists during the Algerian Civil War
The Thalit massacre took place in Thalit village, some 70 km from Algiers, on April 3–4, 1997 during the Algerian Civil War. Fifty-two out of the 53 inhabitants were killed by having their throats cut during a 12-hour rampage. The homes of the villagers were burned down…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Algeria
Country in North Africa
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Thalit
Small hamlet in Algeria
Thalit was a small hamlet in Algeria, all but one of whose 100 inhabitants were killed in 1997 in the Thalit massacre.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)