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Paul Myers

French MPs pave way for day to mark 1961 massacre of Algerians in Paris

President Emmanuel Macron called the violence on Algerians on 17 October 1961 "inexcusable" during ceremonies to mark the 60th anniversary of the crackdown. © Rafael Yaghobzadeh, AFP

Lawmakers in France's National Assembly on Thursday backed a move that could lead to a day to commemorate the October 1961 police crackdown in Paris that killed dozens of Algerians protesting for their country's independence.

A parliamentary motion noting the "bloody and murderous repression of Algerians" was proposed by Greens MP Sabrina Sebaihi and Julie Delpech, from President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party.

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