was already dead. General Jacques Massu claimed that Ben M'hidi was "still breathing" on his way to hospital after hanging himself with an electric flex during the night. Post-execution and memorial General Aussaresses admitted in 2000 that Ben M'hidi had been killed by the state, as had the lawyer Ali Boumendjel. General Bigeard said he had respect for Ben M'Hidi and that he regretted his death. Bigeard had declared himself 'sickened' by the news that French troops had assassinated Ben M'hidi. After Independence Rue d'Isly, one of the two main streets of Algiers was renamed Rue Larbi Ben M'hidi. He was depicted in the movie The Battle of Algiers by Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo. References Further reading Horne, Alistair (2006). A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (New York Review Books Classics). NYRB Classics. . Aussaresses, Paul (2010). The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Algeria, 1955–1957. New York: Enigma Books. . Djebar, Assia (2001). Algerian White. Seven Stories Press. . Singer, Barnett; Langdon, John (2008). Cultured Force: Makers and Defenders of the French Colonial Empire. University of Wisconsin Press. . 1923 births 1957 deaths Algerian revolutionaries Algerian torture victims Executed revolutionaries Executed Algerian people Indigenous activists of Africa Members of the National Liberation Front (Algeria) People executed by France by hanging People from Aïn M'lila Torture in Algeria Burials in Algeria