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Burnham called it massacre
Dear Editor,
It was Forbes Burnham who, speaking in the Legislative Assembly on 3rd June 1964, described the violence at Wismar as a “massacre.”
Roopnauth Hardyal
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During that period of racial killings, Burnham also called in ALL THE OWNERS
OF LEGAL GUNS, MOSTLY FARMERS, TO SURRENDER THEIR GUNS TO
THE NEAREST POLICE STATION.
THEY NEVER SEEN THOSE WEAPONS AGAIN.
That was the Dictator’s manner of controlling the citizens and his status.