Back Massacre de Pijiguiti Catalan Massacre de Pidjiguiti French Pokolj u Pidjiguitiju Croatian Massacro di Pidjiguiti Italian Massacre de Pidjiguiti Portuguese Массовое убийство в Пиджигуити Russian Покољ у Пижигитију Serbian
| Pidjiguiti massacre | |
|---|---|
.jpg) 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.