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.

[2][3] The attack was instigated by the French authorities in an attempt to disrupt the visit of Sultan Muhammad V to the Tangier International Zone to deliver the Tangier Speech demanding the independence of Morocco and the unification of its territories.

[4] In the days leading up to the sultan's speech, French colonial forces in Casablanca, specifically Senegalese Tirailleurs serving the French colonial empire, carried out a massacre of working class Moroccans.

The massacre lasted for about 24 hours from 7–8 April 1947, as the tirailleurs fired randomly into residential buildings in working-class neighborhoods, killing 180 Moroccan civilians.

[5][6] April 7 Plaza (ساحة 7 أبريل) in Derb Kebir [ar] is named in memorial of the events.