{"id":22255,"date":"2016-01-02T01:10:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T01:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/algeria-buries-independence-hero-hocine-ait-ahmed\/"},"modified":"2016-01-02T01:10:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T01:10:03","slug":"algeria-buries-independence-hero-hocine-ait-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/algeria-buries-independence-hero-hocine-ait-ahmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria buries independence hero Hocine Ait-Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Tens of thousands of Algerians have attended the burial of national independence hero Hocine Ait-Ahmed.
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\nThe ceremony near the mountain village in the Kabyle region was converted into a scene of chaos by surging crowds of chanting mourners.
\nHocine Ait-Ahmed was one of the first to rebel against French rule in 1954, sparking the war of independence.<\/p>\n

Years later, he was forced into exile. He died on Wednesday in Switzerland aged 89.
\nAit-Ahmed was the last of nine heroes of the independence war to die.<\/p>\n

A state funeral was held in the Algerian capital on Thursday, which was broadcast live on TV.<\/p>\n

However, his family refused to allow him to be buried alongside the other heroes in Algiers.<\/p>\n

Instead, the burial took place in his home village 110km (70 miles) east of Algiers.
\nAit-Ahmed had been a prominent critic of the military’s control over the political system after independence from France in 1962.<\/p>\n

Crowds attending his burial shouted “Algeria free and democratic”, the slogan of the Front of Socialist Forces party founded by Ait-Ahmed.
\nThe party remains active in the political opposition.<\/p>\n

\"Hocine<\/figure>\n

Source:BBC:[Algeria buries independence hero Hocine Ait-Ahmed->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-35211347]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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