22 April 1980 – Thirteen Deposed Government Ministers Killed in Liberia

Thirteen ministers of the recently ousted government (William Richard Tolbert's True Whig Party) in Liberia are executed by order of the 'Redemption Council' of Sergeant Samuel Kanyon Doe's ruling military regime. Only four of the thirteen were originally condemned to death for "treason, corruption, and violation of human rights" but the Redemption Council overruled the verdict. They were tied to stakes erected on the beach and shot, according to eye witnesses.

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