What the records say
- When
- 23 Nov 1974
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 9.00° N, 38.74° E
- Description
- 1974 execution occured in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Massacre of the Sixty
1974 execution in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Massacre of the Sixty, or Black Saturday, was an execution that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia commissioned by the Derg government against 60 imprisoned former government officials at Kerchele Prison on the morning of 23 November 1974. The prison was commonly called Alem Bekagn – "I've had enough of this world".
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