Lamouri Boufateh
The executed martyr Lamouri Boufateh (1930-1957) was a fighter and politician of the movement for the triumph of democratic freedoms in Algeria and abroad, within the Messaliens group. He was considered one of the martyrs of the Algerian revolution against France. Colonialism under the wing of the revolutionary movement of the National Liberation Army and the National Liberation Front in the region of Oued Righ in the State of El-Meghaier, south of the State of Biskra (the sixth state born after the Soummam conference).
Birth and lifestyle
His name is Boufateh ben Mohamed ben Tali ben Amer Lamouri. His mother is Fatima Berdjouh, called (El-Hamra). He was born in 1930 in the desert of Ain Issa (Oum thiour). He lived a nomadic life. He had three brothers, El-Bachir, Zemouli and Ahmed, and their sisters Rime and Khadidja. They formed a revolutionary family in the arms of their mother El-Hamra, known for her generosity and her struggle in the area of Oum thiour in the current state of El-Meghaier. Boufateh lived as an orphan and his brother El-Bashir was his guardian after his father. They practiced agriculture and camel breeding in the desert of El-Meghaier and Biskra, and traded wheat, cereals and dates in Mila and Oum El-Bouaghi. They lived in these neighborhoods for several years due to the nature of their profession. Boufateh was a model of struggle and distinguished himself by qualities that were not found in his peers. These were cunning, ingenuity and self-esteem. He didn't like humiliation and disgrace. He didn't refuse his brothers' requests. He was obedient, cultured and possessed all the characteristics of a chivalrous man who knew neither fear nor the impossible. He was well versed in the French language and the sport of boxing. He was fanatical and intense because he grew up in the wilderness of misery and poverty. He witnessed the period of oppressive and tyrannical colonialism when he was young, and they were his most hated enemies due to the torture he saw inflicted on his family and his homeland.
His revolutionary works
His fight in the movement for the triumph of democratic freedoms
The period preceding the outbreak of the victorious liberation revolution witnessed the migration of many young and old to Europe, France and the rest of the world. Boufateh was one of the elements who immigrated to France as a destination for work and struggle in 1952. He was then 22 years old and spent several years there with his companion and cousin, Mohamed Taher. He joined the movement for the triumph of democratic freedoms, effectively led by Messali Hadj in 1951 in Algeria, and became an important member of the movement when he emigrated to France in 1952 to Paris, raising demands. These included the evacuation of French forces from all Algerian lands, the restitution of confiscated lands and the Arabization of education in various fields. Its stages...etc. When a crisis clearly appeared within the movement since April 1953, during the holding of its second conference, during which the fundamental questions of the conflict between the Central Committee and Messali Hadj and his supporters, including Lamouri Boufateh, the members of the special organization took a stand against the conflict and emphasized the unity of the movement and ensuring its stability.
The crisis of the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties (MTDL) was represented by the conflict between the centralists and the Masali, each party being stubborn in its position, which resulted in the emergence of the Revolutionary Committee for Unity and Action (RCUA) which sought to reconcile Masali's supporters in 1954 and made changes to the structure of the movement.
Boufateh continued to fight with the movement for the triumph of democratic freedoms from 1951 to 1954 in Algeria and abroad, and at the end of 1955, the Revolutionary Committee for Unity and Action arrived to convince the members of the masalists and the centralists of the necessity of armed action and the response to the revolutionary call after the division of the movement.
His struggle in the liberation revolution
When the glorious revolution of November 1st, 1954 broke out in Algeria, news of its outbreak spread to him, so he joined a special group of the National Liberation Front in Paris and became one of its most prominent members. He denounced French aggression in his native country and used several methods, such as intimidation and spreading terror in the souls of the French by attacking villages and towns at night with a group of collaborators, including the mujahideen Mohamed Naami, Yahia Khelifi, and Mohamed Taher Lamouri, after transferring the revolution to French territory. However, his older brother asked him to come back, contacting him through the National Liberation Front to support the revolution in his country, as they needed many types of mujahideen, and his excuse when the French were surprised by the reason for his return to Algeria and in this particularly difficult period was that he was returning to the country to prepare for his marriage.
When Si Boufateh returned to Algeria in 1956 and after the Soummam conference, the revolution became more organized. He joined the ranks of the Algerian army and supported it with French-style pistols smuggled in loaves of bread, and he became a hunter of French agents. Their areas of struggle extended from Biskra towards Djamaa, notably the area of Chahmi, the suburb of the village of Baaj, Oum Thiour, from where they took a military barracks far from the eyes of colonialism. The companions of the time were the martyrs Reguiai Ahmed ben Ladjal and Lamouri Mohamed, as well as some other well-known elements of El-Meghaier. They implemented their plans at night and attacked the French forces. Due to his keen eyesight and his skill in playing with clients in the past, during his struggle he was tasked with several maneuvers during which he killed several French soldiers in a Djamaa area with his companion, the martyr Reguiai Ahmed. He attacked the post office of Aghfian, a district of the municipality of Tindla, and killed the postman and his French agents, thus providing weapons and money to the Liberation Army.
Le martyr Lamouri Boufateh a effectué une tournée dans toute la région de Djamaa et ses environs, et l'opération la plus célèbre qu'il a menée a été une mission dans la région de Djamaa, plus précisément dans le vieux village de Ouaghlana, en tuant l'un des principaux agents français, l'espion, qui se faisait passer pour un grand danger pour toutes les zones de la région de Oued Righ, et dont le domicile se trouvait dans la région de Mazar-Zaouia, où il a mené l'opération en tirant plusieurs balles dans la poitrine de l'agent, qui portait une armure de protection sous sa robe, il a donc échappé à la mort après être entré à l'hôpital militaire français. Après plusieurs jours, l'agent a quitté l'hôpital et s'est dirigé avec un groupe de soldats vers Oum Thiour pour arrêter Si Boufateh dans des circonstances secrètes pendant lesquelles il était Boufateh pensait que le client était décédé. Ils l'ont arrêté avec ses frères et l'ont soumis à de graves tortures avec tous ses moyens dans la prison de maison Diab à El-Meghaier. Quant à Si Boufateh, il a été soumis à des tortures plus sévères dans une Djamaa avec des pinces et de l'électricité alors qu'il était attaché au tronc de un palmier. Après cela, il a été transféré au centre de recherche et d'interrogatoire par les agents. Mais la fierté de la patrie engendre le courage. Il a frappé le capitaine d'un coup de pied dans la zone de virilité jusqu'à ce qu'il le laisse tomber au sol sur les traces d'une mort subite. Ensuite, Boufateh a tenté d'échapper aux militaires du commissariat, qui étaient en grand nombre et encerclaient le quartier général de tous côtés.
His martyrdom
He was arrested, tied with chains to the trunk of a palm tree, and executed by firing squad until he was covered in blood and the palm trunk was almost broken. Then they tied his body to a four-wheel drive car and started dragging him from Djamaa towards Tindla for about 15 km. When they arrived in Tindla, they hanged him in the car in a courtyard. The market shouted: "Who knows this hero!?" was terrified by the way he killed the captain" But the townspeople did not utter a single word about what they knew until the soldiers threw him to the ground and left. When the commander of the military region heard the news of the execution of Si Boufateh, he punished his soldiers saying: "You killed a man that I was holding captive without my order, I wanted him as a pawn for the Army of Liberation in the region".
Lamouri Boufateh was martyred for his desire to defend the homeland for the love of God. The residents of Tindla, Djamaa, Oum Thiour and El-Meghaier testified to his story, and it became the people's talk about his courage and chivalry. He was buried in Tindla in early December 1957. His fellow mujahideen recounted that after his execution, French colonialism intensified. The takeover of the region occurred following the denunciation of French workers and their surveillance of the mujahideen. Violent fighting broke out between the mujahideen and the French army throughout the Oued Righ region, during which many martyrs fell. Most of the battles for Oum Thiour took place in 1958, the year after the martyrdom of Lamouri Boufateh.
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