Beni Ounif massacre

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Beni Ounif massacre
Part of Algerian Civil War
Location Beni Ounif, Algeria
Date15 August 1999
Attack type
Terrorist attack
Deaths29
Perpetrator Armed Islamic Group of Algeria

The Beni Ounif massacre took place on a desert highway near the Moroccan border at Beni Ounif in Bechar Province on 15 August 1999. The perpetrators flagged down cars at a false roadblock and beheaded 23 men, women and children and shot dead 6 more people as they tried to run away. They also kidnapped two 15-year old girls and stole the belongings of their victims. [1] [2] President Abdelaziz Bouteflika suggested that the terrorists found shelter in Morocco, but a Moroccan government spokesman denied that Morocco had anything to do with any of the suspected members of the GIA. [3]

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