French forces “tortured and murdered” Algerian freedom fighter Ali Boumendjel during his country’s war for independence, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, officially reappraising a death that was covered up as a suicide.
Macron made the admission “in the name of France” during a meeting with Boumendjel’s grandchildren.
The move came after Macron stoked outrage in January when he refused to issue an official apology for abuses committed during the occupation of Algeria.
Instead, he agreed to form a “truth commission” as recommended by a report commissioned by the government to shed light on France’s colonial past.
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France acknowledges Algerian freedom fighter s torture, murder
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