What the records say
- When
- 5 Oct 1967 – 7 Oct 1967
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 373
- Coordinates
- 6.20° N, 6.73° E
- Description
- ethnic killing (and war crime) perpetrated by the Nigerian Army during the Nigerian Civil War
Asaba massacre
Nigerian Civil War crime
The Asaba massacre occurred on 5–7 October 1967 in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War. The massacre targeted the people of Asaba, mostly composed of Igbo people, and was perpetrated by the Nigerian Army - specifically the Second Infantry Division under the command of Murtala Muhammed. An estimated 500–800 people were killed.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Asaba massacre took place when federal troops of Nigeria entered Asaba, rounded up as many as 500 Igbo men of Asaba and shot them”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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