October 1967Event
Asaba massacre
Federal troops entered Asaba after Biafran forces withdrew from the Midwest; scholars Elizabeth Bird and Fraser Ottanelli document the killing of civilians there.
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October 1967
Asaba massacre
Federal troops entered Asaba after Biafran forces withdrew from the Midwest; scholars Elizabeth Bird and Fraser Ottanelli document the killing of civilians there.
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What happened
Federal troops entered Asaba after Biafran forces withdrew from the Midwest; scholars Elizabeth Bird and Fraser Ottanelli document the killing of civilians there. Death tolls remain disputed, so "hundreds" is safer unless a specific source estimate is being cited.