Conflict episode
Isangel firefight, June 1980
A march to free imprisoned breakaway-state supporters ended in a fatal firefight.
What happened
On 10 June 1980, a firefight at Isangel killed Alexis Yolou.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: British forces intervened against the Tafea secessionist movement on 26 May 1980; on 10 June 1980, Alexis Yolou convened a meeting of supporters at Sulphur Bay and marched on Isangel to try to free imprisoned breakaway-state supporters, and a firefight broke out in which Yolou was shot twice and found dead the following morning. Tanna, like the rest of the country, became part of the newly independent Vanuatu on 30 July 1980.
- John Frum (Wikipedia) link, British intervention and outcome section. Source record
- Alexis Yolou (Wikipedia) link, Yolou's death section. Source record