Wiriyamu Massacre

Wiriyamu Massacre
LocationWiriyamu, Mozambique
Date16 December 1972
Attack type
shooting
Deaths400
InjuredUnknown
Perpetrators Portuguese Army
PIDE/DGS

The Wiriyamu Massacre or Operation Marosca was a massacre of the civilian population of the village of Wiriyamu in Mozambique by Portuguese soldiers in December 1972.

In September 2022, Portuguese prime minister António Costa called it "an unforgivable act that dishonours Portuguese history".

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