The incident occurred when Kenyan government forces, acting on the premise of flushing out a local gangster known as Abdi Madobe, set fire to a Kenya Defence Forces camp in the Northern Frontier District, killing soldiers. They then forcefully interned the populace at Garissa Primary School football pitch for three days without water or food, resulting in over 3,000 deaths. Residents apart from Somalis were given permission to leave the school pitch unharmed. The government of Somalia, then led by the Supreme Revolutionary Council, intervened by threatening that if such brutalities did not cease, the Somali military would overthrow the Nairobi regime and occupy the country. Consequently, the Kenyan government lifted the curfew and released the detained individuals unconditionally.[1]
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^Hassan, Ahmed Issack. . Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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garissa, massacre, confused, with, garissa, university, college, attack, 1980, massacre, ethnic, somali, residents, kenyan, government, garissa, district, north, eastern, province, kenya, incident, occurred, when, kenyan, government, forces, acting, premise, f. Not to be confused with Garissa University College attack The Garissa massacre was a 1980 massacre of ethnic Somali residents by the Kenyan government in the Garissa District of the North Eastern Province Kenya The incident occurred when Kenyan government forces acting on the premise of flushing out a local gangster known as Abdi Madobe set fire to a Kenya Defence Forces camp in the Northern Frontier District killing soldiers They then forcefully interned the populace at Garissa Primary School football pitch for three days without water or food resulting in over 3 000 deaths Residents apart from Somalis were given permission to leave the school pitch unharmed The government of Somalia then led by the Supreme Revolutionary Council intervened by threatening that if such brutalities did not cease the Somali military would overthrow the Nairobi regime and occupy the country Consequently the Kenyan government lifted the curfew and released the detained individuals unconditionally 1 References Edit Hassan Ahmed Issack Legal Impediments to Development in Northern Kenya Archived from the original on October 23 2012 Retrieved 20 April 2015 External links EditThe Impact of KDF Action Garissa Mareeg Media This Kenyan history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Garissa massacre amp oldid 1077945407, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
