Isiolo massacre
Isiolo massacre
![]() ![]() | |
---|---|
Location | Isiolo, Isiolo County, Kenya |
Coordinates | 00°21′N 37°35′E / 0.350°N 37.583°ECoordinates: 00°21′N 37°35′E / 0.350°N 37.583°E |
Date | 1960s |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | 2700+ |
History of Kenya |
---|
![]() |
![]() |
The Isiolo Massacre refers collectively to a series of massacres of ethnic Somalis by Kenyan security personnel in the 1960s in Isiolo County, Kenya.
Massacre[]
During the Shifta War in the 1960s, civilians of the Kenyan Somali community were murdered by government soldiers, including the 1967 killing of 18 elders in the Isiolo Mosque during prayer time at around noon.[1] There were an estimated 2,700 Somali Kenyans killed Isiolo County at the hand of Kenyan security forces.[2]
References[]
- ^ Guleid, Mohamed. "The change narrative sweeping through NEP". The Standard. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Harden, Blaine (10 April 1988). "FOES_AND DEATH_STALK KENYAN NOMADS". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
Categories:
- 1960s in Kenya
- Massacres in the 1960s
- Isiolo County
- Massacres in Kenya
- Jomo Kenyatta
- Ethnic Somali people