Toussaint Rouge

When

1 Nov 1954

Kind

Terrorist attack

Killed

10

Coordinates

36.77° N, 3.05° E

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Series of attacks that marked the beginning of the Algerian War

Toussaint Rouge, also known as Toussaint Sanglante, was a series of 70 attacks committed by militant members of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) that took place on 1 November 1954—the Catholic festival of All Saints' Day—in French Algeria. It is usually taken as the starting date for the Algerian War which lasted until 1962 and led to Algerian independence from France.

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