MASSACRE IN ANGOLA
Portuguese Accused (NJt. Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, October 11. A third major "massacre" in a Portuguese colony since 1953 has recently taken place in Angola, according to the London representative of the Popular Liberation Movement for Angola, quoted by the diplomatic correspondent of the "Guardian" today. The representative claimed that people from the Angolan village of Bengo, the birthplace of the president of the clandestine nationalist organisation. Dr. Neto, and people from the neighbouring village of Icolo decided to go to their district office shortly after Dr. Neto’s arrest on June 8 to demand his release.
The representative said the district officer reacted by calling for reinforcements from the capital, the "Guardian” correspondent reported.
About 200 soldiers armed with Sten guns arrived. Then when about 1000 of the villagers began a peaceful demonstration for Dr. Neto’s release the soldiers opened fire on them. Tliirty were killed and 200 injured, the representative said. On the next day the soldiers went to the two villages where they killed or srrested everyone found in them, he added. They then set fire to both villages, destroying them.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29334, 13 October 1960, Page 23
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