Lari Massacre

Lari Massacre
Part of Mau Mau Uprising
Date26 March 1953
LocationLari, Kenya
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
Kikuyu Home Guard
Kikuyu		 Mau Mau
Commanders and leaders
Chief Luka Mbugua Kahangara
Casualties and losses
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 royalist Luki.[2][3][4][5]

British colonial government used the attack as propaganda event and showed the massacre to journalists.[6] The massacre prompted retaliatory attacks.[7] In revenge, British and African soilders killed at least 400 Mau Mau.[8]

References

  1. ↑
    Elkins, Caroline (2005). Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-805-07653-0. US edition
  2. ↑
    Elkins, Caroline (2005). Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-805-07653-0. US edition
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑
    Elkins, Caroline (2005). Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-805-07653-0. US edition
  7. ↑ "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
  8. ↑
    Elkins, Caroline (2005). Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-805-07653-0. US edition

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