Isiolo massacre

The Isiolo Massacre were a series of massacres of ethnic Somalis by Kenyan security personnel in the 1960s in Isiolo County, Kenya.

Isiolo massacre
Location	Isiolo, Isiolo County, Kenya
Coordinates	00°21′N 37°35′E
Date	1960s
Attack type	Massacre
Deaths	2700+

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Massacre

During the 1960s civilians of the Kenyan Somali community were murdered by the Kenyan security personnel of the then President Jomo Kenyatta, including the Isiolo Mosque Massacre of 18 elders of the Kenyan Somali community in 1967 during prayer time at around noon.[1]

The Kenyan Government was responding to the shifta insurgency and they shot all the men they found. During the state of emergency in 1960s, most of the young Kenyan Somali men left the province due to the injustices and killings. There were an estimated 2,700 killed at the hand of Kenyan security personnel.[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.

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