and El Watan, quoting hospital sources), 272 people (according to the Algerian government's statement to the UN Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/2000/3/Add.1) or 412 people (according to Liberté) were killed in four villages. See also List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s List of massacres in Algeria External links BBC L'Humanite Reuters LA Times quoted AI-Net Dagbladet.no Algerian massacres of the 1990s Massacres in 1997 1997 in Algeria Conflicts in 1997 December 1997 events in Africa