Djamila Bouazza

She is remembered for planting a bomb in April 1957 on the terrace of the Coq Hardi café in Algiers, killing four people and injuring many more.

She was initially sentenced to death by a French military court but was finally released in 1962 under the Évian Accords.

[4] Recruited by Djamila Bouhired, she became an active member of the FLN whose objective was Algerian independence.

[3] On 26 January 1957, Bouazza was instructed to plant a bomb in the Coq Hardi bar, a popular venue for the affluent French Algerians.

After being interrogated, she was interned at the prison in Maison-Carée, together with the activists Djamila Bouhired, Jacqueline Guerroudj and Zohra Drif.