May 28, 1957 · Mélouza village, Kabylie region Theater
May 28, 1957
FLN forces massacred the entire male population of the village of Mélouza — 374 men and boys — because the village supported the rival MNA (Mouvement National Algérien) of Messali Hadj. The village was surrounded at night, and all men over 15 were systematically killed with knives and axes. The massacre shocked France and the world and demonstrated the FLN's ruthlessness toward internal rivals.
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