Killing of Lilian Burton

When

8 May 1960

Kind

Murder

Killed

1

Coordinates

12.97° S, 28.63° E

Description

1960 racially motivated assault and burning in Copperbelt, Northern Rhodesia

Injured

2

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1960 assault and burning in Copperbelt, Northern Rhodesia

On 8 May 1960, Lilian Margaret Burton, a white Northern Rhodesian woman, was attacked by Africans affiliated with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) while driving her car in the Copperbelt; she died in hospital eight days later. Four black men were convicted of murder, and were executed in November 1961.

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