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How did Saladin respond after Richard I executed the prisoners at Acre?
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Richard I, detail of tomb effigy in the abbey church of Fontevrault-l'Abbaye, France.
When Richard I ordered the execution of the 2,700 members of the Muslim garrison at Acre after Saladin failed to meet the deadline for the first ransom payment, Saladin responded by massacring most of his own Christian hostages. This act of retaliation effectively ended the agreement that had been established to govern the surrender of the city.12