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Wagalla massacre
1984Feb, 10

Kenyan soldiers commit the worst ever human rights violation in the country by slaughtering an estimated 5000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in Wagalla in N.E.-Kenya.

The Wagalla massacre was a massacre of ethnic Somalis by the Kenyan Army on 10 February 1984 in Wajir County, Kenya.

Daniel arap Moi opened barracks near Wagalla, where he brought soldiers to 'discipline the villagers'.

The Kenya Army is the land arm of the Kenya Defence Forces.

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