Muslim deaths at Sétif outnumbered European deaths by at least ten to one

Evidence

Estimates of the toll of Muslim dead exacted in the wake of Sétif fluctuate wildly, as is so often the case. The Tubert Report placed the figure at between 1,020 and 1,300; while Cairo radio immediately claimed that 45,000 had been killed — a total which was to become accepted more or less unquestioningly by the Algerian nationalists. Robert Aron advances a figure of 6,000 which (although the basis whereby it was derived is not entirely clear) now seems generally acceptable to moderate French historians. But even if one were to accept the very lowest figure proffered by the Tubert Report, it still represents a ten to one “over-kill” in relation to the numbers of Europeans massacred; especially when, as was later officially estimated, no more than five per cent of the population had been tainted anyway. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 75 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Saint-Arnaud’s European settlers had participated in the 1945 Sétif massacre of 40,000 Algerians.; Sétif reprisals killed at least ten Muslims for each European death.; Sétif reprisal casualties overkilled Europeans ten to one — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 75

Related

• Sétif reprisal casualties overkilled Europeans ten to one (similarity 0.95)
• Sétif reprisals killed at least ten Muslims for each European death. (similarity 0.93)
• Sétif death toll estimates range widely from 15,000 to 50,000 (similarity 0.82)
• European-led vigilante reprisals killed more Algerians after Sétif than army actions. (similarity 0.82)
• European civilian vigilantes killed more Muslims than the military did after Sétif (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Sétif reprisals killed at least ten Muslims for each European death. #corroborates (0.95)
• Sétif reprisal casualties overkilled Europeans ten to one #contradicts (0.90) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 75