Beni Ounif massacre | |
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Part of Algerian Civil War | |
Location | Beni Ounif, Algeria |
Date | 15 August 1999 |
Attack type | Terrorist attack |
Deaths | 29 |
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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