Pied noir vigilantes summarily executed Muslims during the reprisal backlash.

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 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

There now began the grim work of repression. The army, incorporating Senegalese units legendary for their ferocity, subjected suspect Muslim villages to systematic ratissage — literally a “raking-over”, a time-honoured word for “pacifying” operations. This involved a number of summary executions. Of the less accessible mechtas, or Muslim villages, more than forty were bombed by Douglas dive-bombers; while the cruiser Duguay-Trouin lying off in the Gulf of Bougie bombarded the environs of Kerrata at extreme range (and, presumably, comparable inaccuracy). The casualties inflicted by the armed forces were set officially (by the Tubert Commission Report) at 500 to 600, but the numbers of Muslim villagers killed by the more indiscriminate naval and aerial bombardments may well have amounted to more. Nevertheless, the figure seems to have been but a small proportion of the dead accounted for by the vengeful backlash of an outraged and frightened European population. Spontaneously organised vigilantes seized prisoners out of country gaols and lynched them; Muslims found not wearing the white brassards as prescribed by the army were simply despatched on the spot. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 74 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: European civilian vigilantes killed more Muslims than the military did after Sétif — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 74; European-led vigilante reprisals killed more Algerians after Sétif than army actions.; Sétif reprisals killed at least ten Muslims for each European death. (+3 more)

Related

• European civilian vigilantes killed more Muslims than the military did after Sétif (similarity 0.91)
• European-led vigilante reprisals killed more Algerians after Sétif than army actions. (similarity 0.89)
• Paratroopers killed nearly eighty Muslims in an unpunished reprisal (similarity 0.87)
• Sétif reprisals killed at least ten Muslims for each European death. (similarity 0.86)
• Pied noir soldiers balked at shooting Muslim demonstrators to save Algérie française (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• European-led vigilante reprisals killed more Algerians after Sétif than army actions. #corroborates (0.85)
• European civilian vigilantes killed more Muslims than the military did after Sétif #expands (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 74
• Paratroopers killed nearly eighty Muslims in an unpunished reprisal #exemplifies (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 646
• Sétif reprisals killed at least ten Muslims for each European death. #expands (0.65)
• Pied noir culture contained a capacity for reflex violence. #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1069