[4] Those murdered included prominent local loyalist Luka Kahangara.

[1][2][5][6] A total of 309 rebels were prosecuted for the massacre, of whom 136 were convicted.

[7] The militants herded men, women and children into huts and set fire to them, hacking down with machetes anyone who attempted escape, before throwing them back into the burning huts.

The attack at Lari was so extreme that "African policemen who saw the bodies of the victims ... were physically sick and said 'These people are animals.

"[8][9][4] The colonial government used the attack as propaganda and showed the massacre to journalists.