Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre

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M'sila massacre
Part of Algerian Civil War
Location	M'sila, Algeria
Date	16 June 1997
Deaths	50 villagers
Perpetrators	Armed Islamic Group
No. of participants	30 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 Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre took place on June 16, 1997, near M'sila, 300 km southeast of Algiers. The massacre came less than two weeks after parliamentary elections in the hamlet of Daïat Labguer (M'sila) (also spelled Dairat Labguar, Dairat Lebguar, Daïat Labguer, Daïret Lebguer, Dairet Lebguer). Some 50 people were killed by some 30 guerrillas, who also kidnapped women, killed the livestock, and stole valuables. Five days earlier, another 17 had been killed at a village 5 km away. The massacre was attributed to Islamist groups such as the Armed Islamic Group.