Then, on 15 March, the day after the stickiest session at Evian, the O.A.S. performed perhaps the most wantonly savage of its “brutal actions” to date. At 11 a.m. three young men drove up to a building in El Biar housing one of the centres sociaux which had been created by Germaine Tillion, under the aegis of Soustelle back in 1955, to improve Franco-Muslim relations. Inside a conference was under way, discussing vocational training for homeless Algerian children. The leader of the O.A.S. Delta squad took a piece of paper from his pocket and read out a roll-call of seven names. One was absent, but two school principals and four French and Muslim inspectors were led outside. Among the latter was Mouloud Feraoun, the prize-winning Kabyle author, liberal humanitarian and personal friend of the late Albert Camus. The six men were lined up against a wall; the Deltas opened fire, shooting first at the legs, then finishing off the educators where they lay on the ground.

SEED: Feraoun's assassination—a well-known writer killed for his humanitarian work—could anchor an essay on how violence targets those who bridge divided communities.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1581