Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt

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Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt
Part of The Massacres during the Italo-Turkish War
Map of the battle of Shar al-Shatt
Date 23 October 1911 Location Tripoli, Tripolitania, Ottoman Empire (now Libya) 32°53′43.00″N 13°12′37.00″E / 32.8952778°N 13.2102778°E / 32.8952778; 13.2102778 Result Italian defensive victory
Belligerents
Italy	Ottoman Tripolitania
Commanders and leaders
Gustavo Fara	Neşet Bey
Strength
8,500 men	8,000 - 10,000 men
Casualties and losses
378 dead and 125 wounded	Heavy

The battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt (Arabic: شارع الشط Shār’ ash-Shaṭ; Sciara Sciat in Italian) occurred on 23 October 1911 in the village of Shar al-Shatt on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. 503 Italians were killed in Shar al -Shatt, of which 125 in the following massacre of soldiers who had surrendered. The incident became known as the "Massacre of Italians at Sciara Sciat."^[1]