The Lari massacre was an incident during the
Mau Mau Uprising in which the Mau Mau massacred 97 people, including some members of the loyalist Home Guard, but mostly their families: women, children and elderly relatives. Those murdered included prominent local loyalist Luka Kangara.
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The colonial government used the attack as propaganda and showed the massacre to journalists.][ The massacre prompted retaliatory attacks."The Night Of Long Knives: Slain Colonial Chief's Widows Recall Lari Massacre"]
by Njenga Gicheha ''The Star'', March 25, 2011, accessed 9 November 2013 400 Mau Mau were reputedly killed by colonial troops, including the King's African Rifles
The King's African Rifles (KAR) was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from Britain's various possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s. It performed both military and internal security functions within ...
, in revenge.[
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External links
Lari Massacre Trial
at British Pathe
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