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Shooting in San Fernando

When
30 October 1884
Where
Mon Repos, San Fernando
Part of
Hosay massacre at San Fernando and St Joseph, Trinidad

Colonial authorities fired buckshot into crowds of women, children, and men in Mon Repos, San Fernando, on 30 October 1884.

The incident occurred after the tadjahs were taken onto the streets in defiance of the 1884 prohibition. The shooting in Mon Repos, San Fernando, resulted in what is commonly referred to as the Muhammad Massacre by Indians and the Hosay Riots in British and colonial records.

Sources

  1. Hosay massacre Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-17
  2. Hosay Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-06

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