Emmanuel Macron recognizes France’s responsibility in assassination of Algerian nationalist Larbi Ben M’hidi

Emmanuel Macron acknowledged that the leader of the National Liberation Front (FLN) Larbi Ben M’hidi was “assassinated by French soldiers”.

The Elysee Palace declared in a statement that the President of the Republic “recognizes today that Larbi Ben M’hidi, the national hero of Algeria and one of the six leaders of the National Liberation Front who launched the revolution of November 1, 1954, was killed by French soldiers under the command of General Paul Aussaresses.”