A view of Ali Boumendjel’s grave on March 3, 2021 in Algiers, Algeria. French forces "tortured and murdered" Algerian freedom fighter Ali Boumendjel during his country's war for independence, President Emmanuel Macron admitted 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. Atrocities committed by both sides during the 1954-1962 Algerian war of independence continue to strain relations between the countries. Boumendjel, a nationalist and lawyer, was arrested during

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A view of Ali Boumendjel’s grave on March 3, 2021 in Algiers, Algeria. French forces "tortured and murdered" Algerian freedom fighter Ali Boumendjel during his country's war for independence, President Emmanuel Macron admitted 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. Atrocities committed by both sides during the 1954-1962 Algerian war of independence continue to strain relations between the countries. Boumendjel, a nationalist and lawyer, was arrested during the battle of Algiers by the French army, “placed incommunicado, tortured, and then killed on March 23, 1957, ” the Elysee Palace said in a statement. “Ali Boumendjel did not commit suicide. He was tortured and then killed, ” Macron told Boumendjel’s grandchildren, according to the statement. In 2000, the former head of French intelligence in Algiers Paul Aussaresses confessed to ordering Boumendjel’s death and disguising the murder as a suicide, according to the statement. Photo by Louiza Ammi/ABACAPRESS.COM