What the records say
- When
- 18 Nov 1949
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 21
- Coordinates
- 6.44° N, 7.49° E
- Description
- shooting of protesting coal miners in Nigeria
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1949 Enugu Colliery Massacre
Shooting of protesting coal miners in Nigeria
The 1949 Enugu Colliery Massacre, also known as The Iva Valley Shooting, took place on 18 November 1949, when a British Superintendent of Police, F.S. Philip, commanding a number of British and Nigerian Police Officers ordered the shooting of unarmed protesting coal mine workers of the Iva Valley Coal Mine who were on strike.
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