Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt

Battle of Sciara-Sciat and Bu-Meliana
	Part of The Italo-Turkish War
	; Map of the battle of Shar al-Shatt
Date	23 - 26 October 1911
Location	Tripolitania, Ottoman Empire (now Libya)32°53′43.00″N 13°12′37.00″E / 32.8952778°N 13.2102778°E
Result	Italian defensive victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Ottoman Empire Tripolitania;
Commanders and leaders
Pecori Giraldi; Gustavo Fara	Neşet Bey; Mohamed Fekini
Units involved
	11th Bersaglieri; 82nd Torino; 84th Venezia
Strength
8,500	8,000–10,000
Casualties and losses
; 374 killed ; 158 wounded ; 181 missing	; ~1,106 killed

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." The Italians reacted by reconquering Shar al -Shatt and beginning to conduct harsh reprisals.