Macron recognizes that FLN leader Larbi Ben M’hidi was “assassinated by French soldiers”

This is a historic step in relations between France and Algeria. This Friday, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, recognized that the leader of the National Liberation Front (FLN) Larbi Ben M’hidi was “assassinated by French soldiers”, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the insurrection of November 1, 1954 which opened the Algerian war.

It was through a press release from the Elysée that the Head of State recognized “this day that Larbi Ben M’hidi, national hero for Algeria and one of the six leaders of the FLN who launched the insurrection of November 1, 1954, was assassinated by French soldiers placed under the command of General Aussaresses.

The nationalist activist was murdered and murdered in 1957 in Algiers, executed without trial by the French army.