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A fact from Hilo massacre appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 March 2009, and was viewed approximately 5,500 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the "Hilo Massacre" resulted in 50 casualties after Hawaiian police fired on 200 union protesters?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/March.

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Fatalities?[edit]

Did so much as a single person die as a result of the "massacre"? - Fur Die Lulz —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.24.190.21 (talk) 00:09, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, there were no deaths. Bsimmons666 (talk) 02:08, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is this altercation widely described as a massacre in the academic literature? Could these cops not shoot? I find it hard to believe that even a blind man firing buckshot into a crowd at bayonet range wouldn't cause any fatalities. - Schrandit (talk) 08:41, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]