Benachour massacre of 5 December 1996


The Benachour massacre of 5 December 1996 took place in the village of Benachour located 50km south of Algiers and 2km from Blida. The massacre was part of the Algerian Civil War.

Massacre

On the night of 5 December 1996, armed GIA militants entered the village of Benachour, killing 19 people, 11 of them being from the Mokhtafi family. Following these events the Benachour village officially made their own self defense group, they were once again attacked exactly a month later on 5 January 1997.