A 1997 massacre in Thalit left only one survivor in the entire village
A remote Algerian village became the site of an unimaginable tragedy in 1997 when a brutal massacre left a single survivor to tell the story of his neighbors.
During the height of the Algerian Civil War in 1997, armed guerrillas descended upon the small mountain village of Thalit. In a senseless act of violence that lasted several hours, 52 of the 53 inhabitants were murdered, leaving the town a ghost of its former self.
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