Ruck Family massacre

Ruck Family Massacre
Part of Mau Mau Uprising
Operational scope Terrorist attack
Location Rift Valley, Kenya
Planned by Mau Mau Leadership
Target Ruck Family
Date January 1953
Executed by Mau Mau
Outcome Ruck Family are brutally murdered
Casualties 4 killed (3 Europeans, 1 African)

The Ruck Family massacre took place during the Mau Mau Uprising. Farmer Roger Ruck, his wife Esme and six-year-old son Michael, along with their African servants, were massacred by 30 Mau Mau.[1] The massacre shocked the European community in Kenya and led to 1,500 European settlers marching on the Governor demanding action.[2][3]

The massacre was fictionalised in the novel Something of Value by Robert Ruark, and in the 1957 film version.

References

  1. ↑ Tony Rennell, "Justifiably the British are accused of brutality in 1950s Kenya. But why aren't the Mau Mau butchers also in the dock?", Daily Mail, 12 April 2011 accessed 9 November 2013
  2. ↑ "MAU TERRORISTS MURDER FAMILY". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 27 January 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "30 Africans Held In Killer Hunt". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 27 January 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
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