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Mayors urge France to recognise 1961 Paris massacre of Algerians as state crime

Algerian protesters arrested in Puteaux, west of Paris, wait to be questioned by police.
Algerian protesters arrested in Puteaux, west of Paris, wait to be questioned by police. © AFP/Fernand Parizot

On the eve of the 65th anniversary of the massacre of Algerian protesters in Paris, French mayors are calling for the events of 17 October, 1961 to be officially recognised as a state crime.

Sixty-five years ago, at the height of Algeria's war of independence against France, thousands of Algerian men and women heeded a call by the National Liberation Front (FLN) and took to the streets of Paris in protest.

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