1947 Casablanca massacre

The Massacre of April 7, 1947 (popularly in Moroccan Arabic: ضربة ساليغان darbat saligan 'Strike of the Senegalese,' more officially: مجزرة 7 أبريل 'Massacre of April 7' or أحداث 7 أبريل 'Events of April 7') was a massacre of working-class Moroccan civilians in Casablanca committed by Senegalese Tirailleurs in the service of the French colonial empire. The attack was instigated by the French authorities in an attempt to disrupt the visit of Sultan Mohammad V to the Tangier International Zone to deliver the Tangier Speech demanding the independence of Morocco and the unification of its territories.

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