Assassination of Abeid Karume

On 7 April 1972 four gunmen shot Abeid Karume dead as he played bao at the Afro-Shirazi Party headquarters in Zanzibar Town. ^{1 2}

The English and Arabic articles say that reprisals followed against people suspected of opposing his regime. The day 7 April became a public holiday in Zanzibar. ^{1 2} Wikidata agrees with the articles on the date of death and the place, Zanzibar Town. ³