1992 Algerian coup d'état
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The 1992 Algerian coup d'état took place on 11 January 1992. Concerned by the FIS victory in the first round of the 1991 parliamentary election, the army took action and cancelled the electoral proces
Algerian military deployed in the streets of Algiers after the military coup against the Islamists, 12 January 1992
The assassination of Mohamed Boudiaf took place on 29 June 1992. As Chairman of the High Council of Algeria, Boudiaf was killed by one of his own bodyguards, Lambarek Boumaarafi, who was presented off
1992 Algerian coup d'état
…years in exile. He was chosen to give the regime a fresh image and an enhanced sense of legitimacy to attract popular support for the regime, but was assassinated several months later in June. The army then rounded up tens of thousands of FIS supporters and put them in camps in the middle of the Algerian Desert…
Mohamed Boudiaf, seconds before his assassination.