Lari Massacre

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Lari Massacre

Date	26 March 1953
Location	Lari, Kenya

Belligerents

United Kingdom
Kikuyu Home Guard
Kikuyu

Mau Mau

Commanders and leaders

Chief Luka Mbugua Kahangara

Casualties and losses

75 killed (approx)
50 wounded

v t e Mau Mau Uprising

Assassination of Waruhiu Operation Jock Scott Christmas Eve Battle Capture of General China Operation Anvil Ruck Family Massacre Operation Mushroom Swynnerton Plan Lari Massacre Chuka Massacre The Pipeline Capture of Kimathi Hola massacre Villagisation

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The massacre prompted retaliatory attacks.^[4]

References

↑ "Mau Mau bands massacre 200.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) (Melbourne, Vic.: 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 (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (ACT: 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, NSW : 1949 - 1953) (Sydney, NSW: 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

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