French President recognises 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters in Paris
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French president François Hollande delivers a speech after a meeting with his Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipovic at the Elysee palace on October 9, 2012 in Paris. AFP photo
French President François
Hollande has officially recognised the October 17, 1961 massacre of
Algerian protesters by French police in Paris, becoming the first French
head of state to acknowledge one of the murkiest episodes of Algeria’s
struggle for independence from France.
Fifty-one years ago, French security forces repressed a protest organized by the National Liberation Front of Algeria against the institution of a curfew for Maghrebis in Paris and its suburbs by prefect Maurice Papon.
Fifty-one years ago, French security forces repressed a protest organized by the National Liberation Front of Algeria against the institution of a curfew for Maghrebis in Paris and its suburbs by prefect Maurice Papon.