Oran massacre of 1962

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The Oran massacre of 1962 was a massacre of Pied-Noir and European settlers by Front de libération nationale (FLN) troops and Algerian civilians in Oran, Algeria. Between 95 and 365 people were killed in the massacre from 5–7 July, 1962. It began on the date of Algerian independence amid a riot that began after some Europeans fired at FLN troops as they entered the city, ending 2 days later with the deployment of the French Gendarmerie. Neither French forces nor the Algerian police intervened to stop the massacre. The massacre was preceded by a campaign of bombings by the Organisation armée secrète (OAS), a French militant group opposed to Algerian independence, which killed hundreds of Algerians living in Oran between May and June 1962 and destroyed critical infrastructure across the region.

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