Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt

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
Result	Italian defensive victory; Ottoman strategic and political victory;
Belligerents
Italy	Ottoman Tripolitania
Commanders and leaders
Gustavo Fara	Neşet Bey
Strength
1,500	10,000
Casualties and losses
482 killed and 125 wounded	Unknown

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. 482 Italian officers and men were killed in Shar al -Shatt, of which 290 in the following massacre of soldiers who had surrendered. The incident became known as the "Massacre of Italians at Sciara Sciat."

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