Algerian War - 2e RCP arrested a prominent young lawyer and FLN sympathiser Ali Boumendjel

Time: Saturday Feb 9, 1957

Place: Algeria

Details: On 9 February, paratroopers of the 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment (2e RCP) arrested a prominent young lawyer and FLN sympathiser Ali Boumendjel. After attempting suicide Boumendjel volunteered everything he knew, including his involvement in the murder of a European family.

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