The largest of the Souhane massacres took place in the small mountain town of Souhane (about 25 km south of Algiers, between Larbaa and Tablat) on 20–21 August 1997. 64 people were killed, and 15 women kidnapped; the resulting terror provoked a mass exodus, bringing the town's population down from 4000 before the massacre to just 103 in 2002. Smaller-scale massacres later took place on November 27, 1997 (18 men, 3 women, 4 children killed) and 2 March 2000, when some 10 people from a single household were killed by guerrillas. The massacres were blamed on Islamist groups such as the GIA. See also List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s List of massacres in Algeria External links Souhane in 2005 Turkish Daily News Violence Dagsbladet Algerian massacres of the 1990s 1997 in Algeria Massacres in 1997 Conflicts in 1997 August 1997 events in Africa