 On December 16 , 1972 , the Portuguese 6th company of Commandos in Mozambique killed the inhabitants of the village of Wiriyamu , in the district of Tete . Referred to as the ' Wiriyamu Massacre ' , the soldiers killed between 150 ( according to the Red Cross ) and 300 ( according to a much later investigation by the Portuguese newspaper Expresso based in testimonies from soldiers ) villagers accused of sheltering FRELIMO guerrillas . The action , " Operation Marosca " , was planned at the instigation of PIDE / DGS agents and guided by agent Chico Kachavi , who was later assassinated while an inquiry into the events was being carried out . The soldiers were told by this agent that " the orders were to kill them all " , never mind that only civilians , women and children included , were found . All of the victims were civilians . The massacre was recounted in July 1973 by the British Catholic priest , Father Adrian Hastings , and two other Spanish missionary priests . Later counter @-@ claims have been made in a report of Archbishop of Dar es Salaam Laurean Rugambwa that alleged that the killings were carried out by FRELIMO combatants , not Portuguese forces . In addition , others claimed that the alleged massacres by Portuguese military forces were fabricated to tar the reputation of the Portuguese state abroad . Portuguese journalist Felícia Cabrita reconstructed the Wiriyamu massacre in detail by interviewing both survivors and former members of the Portuguese Army Commandos unit that carried out the massacre . Cabrita 's report was published in the Portuguese weekly newspaper Expresso and later in a book containing several of the journalist 's articles . 
 On December 16 , 1972 , the Portuguese 6th company of Commandos in Mozambique killed the inhabitants of the village of Wiriyamu , in the district of Tete . Referred to as the ' Wiriyamu Massacre ' , the soldiers killed between 150 ( according to the Red Cross ) and 300 ( according to a much later investigation by the Portuguese newspaper Expresso based in testimonies from soldiers ) villagers accused of sheltering FRELIMO guerrillas . The action , " Operation Marosca " , was planned at the instigation of PIDE / DGS agents and guided by agent Chico Kachavi , <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a>was later assassinated while an inquiry into the events was being carried out . The soldiers <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> told by this agent that " the orders <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> to kill them all " , never mind that only civilians , women and children included , <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> found . All of the victims <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> civilians . The massacre was recounted in July 1973 by the British Catholic priest , Father Adrian Hastings , and two other Spanish missionary priests . Later counter @-@ claims <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>have</mark></a> been made in a report of Archbishop of Dar es Salaam Laurean Rugambwa <a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>that</mark></a>alleged that the killings <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>were</mark></a> carried out by FRELIMO combatants , not Portuguese forces . In addition , others claimed that the alleged massacres by Portuguese military forces <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>were</mark></a> fabricated to tar the reputation of the Portuguese state abroad . Portuguese journalist Felícia Cabrita reconstructed the Wiriyamu massacre in detail by interviewing both survivors and former members of the Portuguese Army Commandos unit <a href='null_relcl' title='10'><mark>that</mark></a>carried out the massacre . Cabrita <a href='null_genetive' title='11'><mark>'s</mark></a>report was published in the Portuguese weekly newspaper Expresso and later in a book containing several of the journalist <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'s</mark></a>articles . 
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