Remembering the massacre of Algerians in Paris
Fifty-five years ago today, hundreds of Algerians were massacred by French police and had their bodies thrown in the Seine River. What: Paris Massacre When: 17 October 1961 Where: Paris, France What Happened? On 5 October 1961, a curfew from was imposed from 20:30 to 05.30 on Paris for “Algerian Muslim workers”, “French Muslims” and “French Muslims of Algeria”. The French Federation of the Algerian National Liberation Front called on Algerians in Paris […]