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Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt | |||||||
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Part of The Massacres during the Italo-Turkish War | |||||||
Map of the battle of Shar al-Shatt | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Italy | Ottoman Tripolitania | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gustavo Fara | Neşet Bey | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
500+ | 8,000–10,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
503 casualties | Unknown |
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, of which 125 in the following massacre of soldiers who had surrendered. The incident became known as the "Massacre of Italians at Sciara Sciat."[2]