The murder of elderly charwomen shocked even the O.A.S.

Evidence

Hacq now decided that the remaining barbouzes had to be got out of the country, but once again Degueldre struck first. The last barbouze detachment of twenty-five men was trapped in a seedy hotel and submitted to a siege continuing forty-eight hours without the Algiers police making any effort to intervene. Four survivors tried to break out by car to get a wounded comrade to hospital, but were shot up on the way. Out of control, their car ran into a wall, and a terrible scene now took place. Pied noir occupants of the neighbouring apartment blocks rushed up, prevented the injured men from getting out of the car, then set fire to it and danced jubilant round the flaming pyre. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1504 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: O.A.S. murders in late 1961 were indiscriminate and grossly exceeded their intended targets; Pied noir civilians enthusiastically participated in killing O.A.S. targets directly — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1504

Related

• Pied noir civilians enthusiastically participated in killing O.A.S. targets directly (similarity 0.90)
• The O.A.S. extorted pieds noirs with surveillance and threats (similarity 0.87)
• O.A.S. murders in late 1961 were indiscriminate and grossly exceeded their intended targets (similarity 0.84)
• Pied noir civilians burned wounded barbouzes alive as they fled (similarity 0.79)
• The O.A.S. continued assassinating de Gaulle long after Algeria fell. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Pied noir civilians enthusiastically participated in killing O.A.S. targets directly #complicates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1504