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Enugu colliery shooting kills striking miners

Police fired on striking coal miners at Enugu, killing workers and inflaming nationalist anger.

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1949

Enugu colliery shooting kills striking miners

Police fired on striking coal miners at Enugu, killing workers and inflaming nationalist anger.

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Police fired on striking coal miners at Enugu, killing workers and inflaming nationalist anger. The event became a major symbol of colonial violence against labor.

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