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Renewed massacres of Easterners

Further killings of Easterners in Northern cities worsened the collapse of trust in federal protection.

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September 1966

Renewed massacres of Easterners

Further killings of Easterners in Northern cities worsened the collapse of trust in federal protection.

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Further killings of Easterners in Northern cities worsened the collapse of trust in federal protection. Ojukwu's government used the violence to justify stronger regional control.

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