50 Deaths in Algerian Violence
Mar. 26, 1962 - At least 50 French civilians were killed and about 150 wounded in Algiers today as French Army forces clashed with European demonstrators. Doctors at the city’s principal hospital said about 40 of the wounded would probably die. They said the victims included many women and children. It was one of the bloodiest days Algiers has seen in seven years of war and seven days of cease-fire. The shootings started shortly after several thousand men and women had gather