What the records say
- When
- 12 Nov 1961
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 13
- Coordinates
- 4.32° S, 15.31° E
- Description
- event that took place on 11 or 12 November 1961 when thirteen Italian airmen, members of the United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) were murdered
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Kindu atrocity
1961 murder of Italian ONUC airmen in Kindu, present-day DR Congo
The Kindu massacre, or Kindu atrocity, took place on 11 November 1961 in Kindu Port-Émpain, in the Congo-Léopoldville. Thirteen Italian airmen who were members of the United Nations Operation in the Congo who were sent to deal with the Congo Crisis were killed and partially eaten by locals.
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The source
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