Hosay massacre
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The Hosay massacre (also known as the Hosay riots or the Hosein riots or the Jahaji massacre) took place on Thursday October 30, 1884 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago when the British colonial authorities fired on participants in the annual Hosay procession (the local name for the Shi'a Festival of Muharram) who had been banned from entering the town of San Fernando.
On the day of the festival, large groups of people who had gathered at outlying estates, including Philippine Estate to the south and various estates to the east. When the participants tried to enter the town, they were fired upon by armed police and volunteers.
Anthony [1] reports that nine people were reported killed and 100 wounded at Toll Gate (on the south side of the town), while others were injured at Mon Repos (on the eastern side of the town) and at Pointe-à-Pierre Road on the north, while Mahabir [2] reports 22 deaths and 120 injuries. Anthony[1] also reports that there were rumours of hundreds of people shot and buried in trenches.
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- ^ a b Anthony, Michael (2001). Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London. ISBN 0-8108-3173-2.
- ^ The 1884 Hosay massacre in Trinidad: commemorating Indian martyrdom - Kumar Mahabir
- Singh, Kelvin (1988). The Bloodstained Tombs: The Muharram Massacre in Trinidad 1884. Macmillan Education. ISBN 0-333-47177-6.
