New findings reveal the Thiaroye massacre death toll was far higher than reported, with up to 400 victims.
New findings reveal the Thiaroye massacre death toll was far higher than reported, with up to 400 victims.
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A massacre of African World War II riflemen demanding pay for fighting for France in 1944 was premeditated, covered up and its death toll vastly underestimated, according to a paper submitted to the Senegalese president and seen by the news agency AFP.
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