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1974 execution in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Massacre of the Sixty
Part of the Ethiopian Civil War
Victims of the massacre in photo
Native name
ጥቁር ቅዳሜ
Date
23 November 1974; 49 years ago (1974-11-23)
Location
Kerchele Prison, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Also known as
the Sixty Black Saturday
Type
Execution by firing squad
Target
60 officials of the imperial government of Haile Selassie
Outcome
Executed
The Massacre of the Sixty, or Black Saturday (Amharic: ጥቁሩ ቅዳሜ, tikuru kidami), was an execution that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia commissioned by the Derg government against 60 imprisoned former government officials at Kerchele Prison on the morning of 23 November 1974.[1][2] The prison was commonly called Alem Bekagn – "I've had enough of this world".
The Ethiopian Revolution started about ten weeks before the massacre. Before this point, the Derg was able to instill hope among the people that the revolution could remain bloodless.[3] Epitomised by the slogan "Ityopiya tikdem, yala mimin dem” – “Ethiopia first, without any bloodshed”.[3]
The massacre presaged the Red Terror and Ethiopian Civil War that would follow in years after.[3]
^Andargachew Tiruneh; ʼAndārgāčaw Ṭerunah; Thomas Leiper Kane Collection – Library O (1993). The Ethiopian Revolution 1974–1987: A Transformation from an Aristocratic to a Totalitarian Autocracy. Cambridge University Press. p. 327. ISBN 978-0521430821.
^John H. Spencer (2006). Ethiopia at Bay: A Personal Account of the Haile Selassie Years. Tsehai Publishers. pp. 342–. ISBN 978-1599070001.
^ abc"1974: Black Saturday in Ethiopia". Executed Today. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
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