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Sciara Sciat is the place of the so called "Massacre of Italians at Sciara Sciat", that occurred in late October 1911 in a village on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya. Approximately 500 Italian troops (called Bersaglieri) were killed in the incident which occurred during the Italo-Turkish War. It was the biggest loss of life for Italian troops prior to World War I.〔(Sciara Sciatt massacre )〕 ==History== The Italian fleet appeared off Ottoman Tripoli in the evening of September 28, 1911: the city was quickly conquered by 1,500 Italian sailors, welcomed by the population. But after Italy had conquered the city of Tripoli and surroundings from the Ottoman Empire in the first days of October 1911, the interior of Ottoman Libya shortly broke out into revolt, with Italian authorities losing control over large areas of the region. Indeed before the arrival of the Italian forces in 1911, cells led by Ottoman officers (called "Young Turks", like Kemal Ataturk) had Libyans infiltrate Italian industry and companies in Ottoman Tripolitania, reconnoiter roads, and take a census of all males able to bear arms in Tripoli and Derna: they prepared for a "jihad" with the local Muslims. Even if the Arab (and Jews) population of the city of Tripoli welcomed the Italians, in the interior of coastal Libya from the first weeks many cruelties were done by local Muslims (supported by Turks disguised as Arab Muslims) to the Italian soldiers and civilians during this revolt, as happened in Sciara Sciat.〔"Cronaca e storia del Corpo dei Bersaglieri", Daniele Piazza Editore, Torino 1986, p.173〕 Indeed the "11 Reggimento" Bersaglieri of colonel Gustavo Fara had the 4th battalion defending the small village/oasis of Sciara Sciatt when started an attack from the Turks and Arabs, and was massacred on the October 23, 1911. The surviving 290 bersaglieri were captured in the local cemetery by local fanatical Moslems but all were tortured and killed with cruelty and sadism. Argentine journalist Enzo D'Armesano of the Buenos Aires newspaper "La Prensa" was present the next morning in Sciara Sciatt and reported the cruelty with a description that impressed the Argentinian people. He wrote that many local civilians attacked from the back the Italian troops with knives, after initially showing friendship in order to approach them. The Argentinian reporter wrote even that the only three survivors of the 4th battalion accused the Arab civilians of the Sciara Sciatt oasis of "tradimento" (betrayal)〔Antonio De Martino. "Tripoli italiana", p. 116-118〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sciara Sciat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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