1911 Tripoli massacre

Name: 1911 Tripoli massacre
Start: 1911

1911 CE.

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A series of massacres were committed by Ottoman and Italian forces during the Italo-Turkish War. In October 1911, Ottoman forces massacred captured Italian troops at Sciara Sciat (Arabic: Shar al-Shatt). In reprisal, Italian troops massacred several thousand civilians in the Mechiya oasis.

Text from the Wikipedia article Massacres in the Italo-Turkish War, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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