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174 killed, ten kidnapped in Algeria
Algeria, Local, 8/27/1997
174 people were killed, and ten kidnapped over the last two days and nights in massacres committed by militant terrorist groups in Algeria.
28 were killed in Bin-Shaib area, southwest of Algiers; 21 in Betia, close to Bin-Shaib; 15 in Al-Ashba in Algeria's West.
Official sources announced that an Al-Bayar, a suburb of Algiers, bombing on August 25 resulted in 7 killed and 60 wounded. Al-Army massacre's number of death stands at 30, mostly children and women, and Al-Hawara village's at 9, in addition to many others kidnapped.
The United States asked its citizens in Algeria not to travel around the country unless well-armed and guarded.
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