page_title: Suleiman al-Halabi
section_title: Assassination, trial and execution
hierarchical_section_title: Suleiman al-Halabi / Assassination, trial and execution
caption_attribution_description: English: Assassination of General Kleber
context_page_description: Suleiman al-Halabi, also spelled Soleyman El-Halaby, was the man who assassinated French general Jean-Baptiste Kléber, leader of the French occupation forces in Egypt. He was tortured by burning his hand to the bone before being executed by impalement.
context_section_description: On June 14, 1800, al-Halabi approached Kléber's home in the guise of a beggar seeking an audience with Kléber.  When he approached him, Kléber extended his hand for al-Halabi to kiss in return for some money. Instead, al-Halabi violently pulled the general toward him and stabbed him four times with a stiletto. He was 23 years old when he assassinated the commander of the French campaign on Egyptian soil. Kléber's chief engineer tried to defend him and was stabbed but not mortally wounded.
  Al-Halabi hid in a nearby park where he was found by French soldiers, who searched him and found his stiletto. He was arrested and tortured, his right arm burnt to the bone while he denied any relationship with Sheikh Al-Sharkawi or the popular resistance movements. He was tried and sentenced to death by impalement.
caption: Assassination of Kléber, painting in the Musée historique de Strasbourg.
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