movement death_date death_place religion birth_place other_names birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation organization
front de libération nationale -lrb- fln -rrb- 09 october 1957 algiers , algeria sunni islam miliana , algeria '' ` ali la pointe '' ' 14 may 1930 battle of algiers ali la pointe.jpg ali la pointe
 ali ammar freedom fighter armée de libération nationale -lrb- aln -rrb-
ali la pointe

ali ammar -lrb- -rrb- , -lrb- 14 may 1930 -- 8 october 1957 -rrb- , also known as ali la pointe , was a guerrilla leader who fought for algerian independence against the french .
in the film , `` the battle of algiers '' , he was portrayed by brahim haggiag .
ammar lived a life of petty crime and was serving a two-year prison sentence when war broke out in algeria in 1954 .
recruited in the notorious barberousse prison by fln militants , he became one of the fln 's most trusted and loyal lieutenants in algiers .
on 28 december 1956 , he killed the mayor of boufarik , amedee froger .
in 1957 french paratroopers led by colonel yves godard systematically isolated and eliminated the fln leadership in algiers .
godard 's counter-terrorism methods included interrogation with torture .
in june la pointe led teams in setting explosives in street lights near public transportation stops and bombing a dance club that killed 17 .
saadi yacef ordered the leadership to hide in separate addresses within the casbah .
after yacef 's capture ali la pointe and three companions , hassiba ben bouali , ` hamid ' bouhamidi and ` le petit omar ' , held out in hiding until 8 october .
tracked down by paras acting on a tip-off from an informer , ali la pointe was given the chance to surrender but refused , whereupon he , his companions , and the house in which he was hiding were bombed by french paratroopers .
in all , 20 algerians were killed in the blast .
