Lari massacre
Appearance
Lari Massacre | |
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Part of Mau Mau Uprising | |
Operational scope | Terrorist attack |
Location | Lari, Kenya |
Planned by | Mau Mau Leadership |
Target | Kikuyu Home Guard |
Date | 26 March 1953 |
Executed by | Mau Mau |
Casualties | 97 killed[1] 50 wounded |
The Lari massacre was an incident during the Mau Mau Uprising where the Mau Mau massacred troops from the loyalist Home Guard and their families, including prominent local loyalist Luka.[1][2][3][4]
British colonial government used the attack as propaganda event and showed the massacre to journalists.[1] The massacre prompted retaliatory attacks.[5] In revenge, British and African soldiers killed at least 400 Mau Mau.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Elkins, Caroline (2005). Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya. New York City: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-805-07653-0. US edition
- ^ "Mau Mau bands massacre 200". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 28 March 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "Hundreds Die In Mau Mau Temorism's Gravest Outbreak". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 28 March 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "Police Superintendent Ambushed Armed Mau Mau Terrorists Strike Again In Kenya". The Sunday Herald. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 29 March 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "The Night Of Long Knives: Slain Colonial Chief's Widows Recall Lari Massacre" by Njenga Gicheha The Star, March 25, 2011, accessed 9 November 2013
External links
- Lari Massacre Trial at British Pathe