Wiriyamu massacre
1972 · Event
Portuguese commandos kill about 150 villagers in Mozambique; the priest Adrian Hastings exposes it in The Times just before Caetano's London visit.
On these timelines: The Decolonisation of Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Master
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