What the records say
- When
- May 1966
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 8,000
- Coordinates
- 10.53° N, 7.49° E
- Description
- series of massacres of Igbo people in Nigeria
1966 anti-Igbo pogrom
1966 massacres of Igbo people in Nigeria
The 1966 anti-Igbo pogroms were a series of widespread massacres and pogroms committed against Igbo people–and other people of southern Nigerian origin–living in northern Nigeria, starting in May 1966 and reaching its peak after 29 September 1966. Between 8,000 and 30,000 Igbos and easterners have been estimated to have been killed. A further 1 million Igbos fled the Northern Region into the East.
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