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Beni Messous massacre
Part of Algerian Civil War
Location	Sidi Youssef, Algeria
Date	5 September 1997
Deaths	87-150 villagers
No. of participants	50 militants

Algerian Civil War

Beginning of war 1991–1994

Escalation 1994–1996

Massacres and reconciliation 1996–1999

Defeat of the GIA 1999–2002

Thalit massacre	3–4 April
Haouch Khemisti massacre	21 April
Daïat Labguer (M'sila) Massacre	16 June
Si-Zerrouk massacre	27 July
Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre	3 August
Souhane massacre	20–21 August
Beni-Ali massacre	26 August
Rais massacre	29 August
Beni-Messous massacre	5–6 September
Guelb El-Kebir massacre	19 September
Bentalha massacre	22 September
Sid El-Antri massacre	23–24 December
Wilaya of Relizane massacres	30 December

The Beni Messous massacre took place on the nights from September 5 to 6 September 1997, in Sidi Youssef, a working-class area in the town of Beni Messous. At least 84 people were killed.