The Pidjiguiti massacre (also spelled Pijiguiti[citation needed]) was an incident that took place on 3 August 1959 at the Port of Bissau's Pijiguiti docks in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea. Dock workers went on strike, seeking higher pay, but a manager called the PIDE, the Portuguese state police, who fired into the crowd, killing at least 25 people. The government blamed the revolutionary group African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), arresting several of its members. The incident caused PAIGC to abandon their campaign of nonviolent resistance, leading to the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence in 1963.
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The Pidjiguitimassacre (also spelled Pijiguiti[citation needed]) was an incident that took place on 3 August 1959 at the Port of Bissau's Pijiguiti docks...
Bissau. It has two piers and a jetty. The port's Pidjiguiti docks were the site of the Pidjiguitimassacre on 3 August 1959. A light on Bissau Cathedral...
The Wiriyamu Massacre or Operation Marosca was a massacre of the civilian population of the village of Wiriyamu in Mozambique by Portuguese soldiers in...
unrest, many of the people being Manjaco. This event is known as the PidjiguitiMassacre and led to the formation of one of the principal groups behind independence...
secretary-general. The Pidjiguitimassacre in 1959 saw Portuguese soldiers open fire on protesting dockworkers, killing 50. The massacre caused a large segment...
abroad. But the exposure of the Wiriyamu massacre brought with it the exposure of numerous other massacres on a smaller scale and increased worldwide...
varies accordingly with the sources. The anti-Portuguese line describes a massacre carried away by the white inhabitants and the security forces, with hundreds...
Wiriyamu massacre in detail by interviewing both survivors and former members of the Portuguese Army Commandos unit that carried out the massacre. Cabrita's...
in September 1961. Manuel Jerónimo (2008). "Angola: "Baixa De Kassanje" Massacre Turns 47 Years". Angola Press Agency via allAfrica. Retrieved 5 January...
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