Paratroopers killed nearly eighty Muslims in an unpunished reprisal
Evidence
In a spontaneous reprisal, some of their comrades, led by an informer from Trinquier’s D.P.U. to a Turkish bath that was supposed to be a hideout of the F.L.N., sub-machine-gunned all and sundry in it. Nearly eighty Muslims were reported killed; a number of them were poor beggars who habitually came in to find night-time shelter in the baths. Not one of the paras involved was ever brought to justice, although their identity was said to be known at the Gouvernement-Général. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 646
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Pied noir vigilantes summarily executed Muslims during the reprisal backlash.