Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt

Battle of Sciara-Sciat and Bu-Meliana
	Part of The Italo-Turkish War
	; Map of the battle of Shar al-Shatt
Date	23 – 26 October 1911
Location	Tripolitania, Ottoman Empire (now Libya)32°53′43.00″N 13°12′37.00″E / 32.8952778°N 13.2102778°E
Result	Italian defensive victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Ottoman Empire Tripolitania;
Commanders and leaders
Pecori Giraldi; Gustavo Fara	Neşet Bey; Mohamed Fekini
Units involved
	11th Bersaglieri; 82nd Torino; 84th Venezia
Strength
8,500	8,000–10,000
Casualties and losses
503 killed ; 158 wounded	~1,106 killed

The battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt (Arabic: شارع الشط Shār’ ash-Shaṭ; Sciara Sciat in Italian) occurred on 23 October 1911 in the village of Shar al-Shatt on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. 503 Italians were killed in Shar al -Shatt, 290 of which in the following massacre of soldiers who had surrendered. The incident became known as the "Massacre of Italians at Sciara Sciat." The Italians reacted by reconquering Shar al -Shatt and beginning to conduct harsh reprisals.