Paris massacre of 1961

The Paris massacre of 1961 occurred on October 17 when police violently suppressed a peaceful protest by hundreds of Algerian independence supporters in Paris, protesting French policies in Algeria. The demonstrators aimed to oppose the French government's stance against Algerian independence and to demand civil rights. Police opened fire, killing an unknown number of protesters—officially nine, but estimates suggest many more—while others were injured or arrested. The event was kept relatively quiet at the time, but it remains a significant and tragic episode highlighting France's colonial conflicts and the suppression of anti-colonial movements during that period.