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• Asaba_massacre abstract "The Asaba massacres occurred in early October 1967, during the Nigerian Civil War, fought over the secession of Biafra (the former Eastern Region of Nigeria). Biafran troops invaded the Midwest Region of Nigeria, to the west of the River Niger, in early August, 1967. They spread west, taking Benin City and reaching as far as Ore, where they were pushed back by the Nigerian Second Division, under the command of Col. Murtala Muhammed. The Federal troops gained the upper hand, and forced the Biafrans back to the Niger, where they crossed the bridge back into the Biafran city of Onitsha, which lies directly across from Asaba. The Biafrans blew up the eastern spans of the bridge, so that the Federal troops were unable to pursue them. The Federal troops entered Asaba around October 5, and began ransacking houses and killing civilians, claiming they were Biafran sympathisers. Leaders summoned the townspeople to assemble on the morning of October 7, hoping to end the violence through a show of support for "One Nigeria." Hundreds of men, women, and children, many wearing the ceremonial akwa ocha (white) attire paraded along the main street, singing, dancing, and chanting "One Nigeria." At a junction, men and teenage boys were separated from women and young children, and gathered in an open square at Ogbe-Osawa village. Federal troops revealed machine guns, and orders were given by Maj. Ibrahim Taiwo to open fire. It is estimated that more than 700 men and boys were killed, some as young as 12 years old, in addition to many more killed in the preceding days.The bodies of some victims were retrieved by family members and buried at home. But most were buried in many mass graves, without appropriate ceremony. Many extended families lost dozens of men and boys. Federal troops occupied Asaba for many months, during which time most of the town was destroyed, many women and girls were raped or forcibly "married," and large numbers of citizens fled, many not returning until the war ended in 1970.".
• Asaba_massacre wikiPageExternalLink www.asabamemorial.org.
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• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Asaba,_Delta.
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• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Biafra.
• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Category:1967_in_Nigeria.
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• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Ibrahim_Taiwo.
• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Igbo_people.
• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Mass_grave.
• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Mass_murder.
• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Murtala_Mohammed.
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• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Niger_River.
• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Nigerian_Civil_War.
• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Onitsha.
• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLink Ore.
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• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLinkText "Asaba massacre".
• Asaba_massacre wikiPageWikiLinkText "a mass killing".
• Asaba_massacre date "1967-10-07".
• Asaba_massacre fatalities "700".
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• Asaba_massacre location Asaba,_Delta.
• Asaba_massacre location Asaba,_Nigeria.
• Asaba_massacre perps "Ibrahim Taiwo".
• Asaba_massacre perps "Nigerian 2nd Division under Murtala Mohammed".
• Asaba_massacre target "Igbo civilians of Asaba".
• Asaba_massacre title "Asaba massacre".
• Asaba_massacre type Mass_murder.
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• Asaba_massacre subject Category:1967_in_Nigeria.
• Asaba_massacre subject Category:Civilians_killed_in_the_Nigerian_Civil_War.
• Asaba_massacre subject Category:History_of_Nigeria.
• Asaba_massacre subject Category:Mass_murder_in_1967.
• Asaba_massacre subject Category:Massacres_in_Nigeria.
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• Asaba_massacre comment "The Asaba massacres occurred in early October 1967, during the Nigerian Civil War, fought over the secession of Biafra (the former Eastern Region of Nigeria). Biafran troops invaded the Midwest Region of Nigeria, to the west of the River Niger, in early August, 1967. They spread west, taking Benin City and reaching as far as Ore, where they were pushed back by the Nigerian Second Division, under the command of Col. Murtala Muhammed.".
• Asaba_massacre label "Asaba massacre".
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