Kisan kiyashi na Sharpeville
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| Iri | Kisan Kiyashi | |||
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| Kwanan watan | 21 ga Maris, 1960 | |||
| Wuri |
Sharpeville (en)  | |||
| Ƙasa | Afirka ta kudu | |||
| Adadin waɗanda suka rasu | 69 | |||
Kisan kiyashi na Sharpeville ya faru ne a ranar 21 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 1960, lokacin da 'yan sanda suka bude wuta a kan taron mutanen da suka taru a waje da ofishin' yan sanda a gari Sharpeville a Lardin Transvaal na lokacin na Tarayyar Afirka ta Kudu (a yau wani ɓangare na Gauteng) don nuna rashin amincewa da dokokin wucewa.
Taron kusan mutane 5,000 sun taru a Sharpeville a wannan rana don mayar da martani ga kiran da Majalisar Pan-Africanist ta yi don barin litattafan fasfo a gida da kuma neman 'yan sanda su kama su saboda karya dokokin fasfo.[1] An gaya wa masu zanga-zangar cewa wani jami'in gwamnati zai yi musu jawabi kuma sun jira a waje da ofishin 'yan sanda yayin da wasu jami'an' yan sanda suka iso, gami da manyan mambobin sanannen reshen tsaro. Da karfe 1:30 na yamma, ba tare da bayar da gargadi ba, 'yan sanda sun harbe harsashi 1,344 a cikin taron. Fiye da shekaru hamsin yawan mutanen da aka kashe da wadanda suka ji rauni ya dogara ne da rikodin 'yan sanda, wanda ya hada da wadanda suka mutu 249 gabaɗaya, ciki har da yara 29, tare da mutane 69 da suka mutu da 180 da suka ji rauni. Bincike na baya-bayan nan ya nuna cewa akalla mutane 91 sun mutu a Sharpeville kuma akalla mutane 238 sun ji rauni.[2] An harbe mutane da yawa a baya yayin da suke tserewa daga 'yan sanda.[3]