Pidjiguiti massacre

Pidjiguiti massacre
Pidjiguiti massacre
	Aerial photo of Bissau, 1955; Pidjiguiti docks are front and centre
Location	Port of Bissau, Bissau, Portuguese Guinea; (present-day Bissau, Guinea-Bissau)
Coordinates	11°51′00″N 15°35′00″W / 11.85000°N 15.58333°W
Date	3 August 1959
Attack type	Massacre
Deaths	25–50+
Perpetrators	PIDE

The Pidjiguiti massacre (also spelled Pijiguiti^{[citation needed]}) was an incident that took place on 3 August 1959 at the Port of Bissau's Pijiguiti docks in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea. Dock workers went on strike, seeking higher pay, but a manager called the PIDE, the Portuguese state police, who fired into the crowd, killing at least 25 people. The government blamed the revolutionary group African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), arresting several of its members. The incident caused PAIGC to abandon their campaign of nonviolent resistance, leading to the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence in 1963.