Title: Massacres d'octobre, 1961
Description: On the Paris, France, massacre perpetrated on Oct. 17, 1961, during the height of the Algerian War (1954-1962), by the French police under orders of Maurice Papon, chief of the Parisian police.
Subjects: Police misconduct, Police brutality, Algerians, Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī, Massacres, Ethnic relations, Political violence, Atrocities, History
Places: Paris, Algeria, France
People: Maurice Papon (1910-2007)
Time periods: 20th century, Revolution, 1954-1962