Abbas Messaadi
Abbas Mesaadi | |
|---|---|
Fes | |
| Resting place | Ajdir, Morocco |
| Occupation | Leader of the Moroccan Army of Liberation |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Moroccan Army of Liberation |
| Rank | General |
Mohamed ben Abdallah ben Taieb ben Al Habib (
Arabic
: أولاد علي بومساعد).
Abbas was running a military camp in
Istiqlal party.[3] His assassination was allegedly ordered by Mehdi Ben Barka.[3] Karim Hajjaj was arrested and convicted of his murder but was later pardoned by the king Mohammed V. It is claimed that his true assassins were thugs from Taza
, who were hired for his execution.
He was first buried in Fes but in 1957 his remains were transferred to
Mohamed ben Abdelkrim al-Khattabi, against the wishes of the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior then controlled by the Istiqlal party.[2] When security forces were sent by the ministry to repatriate the body to Fes, this sparked clashes with the population in Ajdir which led to the Rif revolt.[2]
His killing was the first in a series of assassinations directed against members of the Moroccan Army of liberation and other factions competing with the Istiqlal party and the
Alaouite family
.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "- Dalil Rif - تحقيق : في زيارة لعائلة الشهيد عباس المسعدي". 26 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ a b c "شاهد على العصر - محمد سعيد آيت إدر - الجزء الثالث". Al Jazeera. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ a b "L'assassinat de Messaâdi". Zamane. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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