Algeria Lost of Independence Hero Hocine Ait Ahmed
Algeria buries independence hero Hocine Ait Ahmed
Tens of thousands of Algerians attended the burial of national independence hero Hocine Ait Ahmed.
The conversion ceremony near the mountain village in the tribal region into an arena of chaos due to rising crowds of mourners chanting.
Hocine Ait Ahmed was one of the first to rebel against French rule in 1954, sparking the War of Independence.
Years later, he was forced into exile. He died on Wednesday in Switzerland aged 89.
Ait Ahmed was the last of the nine heroes of the War of Independence to die.
The state funeral was held in the Algerian capital on Thursday, which was broadcast live on television.
However, his family refused to allow him to be buried alongside other heroes in Algiers.
Instead, the burial place for him in his village, 110km (70 miles) east of Algiers.
The Ait Ahmed was a prominent critic of the military to control the political system after independence from France in 1962.
Chanted the crowds who attended his funeral "Algeria free and democratic", the slogan of Socialist Forces, founded by Ait Ahmed Front Party.
Still an actor in the political opposition.
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