Inocêncio Cani
Inocêncio Cani (born February 20, 1938 in Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau , † 1973 ) was an officer in the navy of the African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde PAIGC and is considered to be the murderer of the Cape Verdean politician and independence fighter Amílcar Cabral .
Cani came from a family of the Manjago ethnic group from the Guinea-Bissau archipelago of the Bissagos archipelago . He had completed the four-class elementary school and served in the Portuguese colonial army from 1959 to 1961. In 1960 he joined the PAIGC independence movement. As a personal confidante of Amílcar Cabral, he went through two years of naval training in the Soviet Union and was promoted to commander in chief of the little important navy in 1969. In late 1971 he lost the high command through disciplinary proceedings for corruption.
As part of the attempted coup by a group of the PAIGC from Guinea-Bissau, Cani lurked in a group of military Amílcar Cabral and his wife Maria Helena in front of their apartment in order to kidnap Cabral. When he resisted, reports Maria Helena Cabral, Cani fired the first shot. Cabral was killed in the incident.
Racist reservations towards the Cape Verdeans as well as personal insults from the disciplinary proceedings were assumed as personal motives . After Cani and his accomplices were sentenced by a military court and then executed and the documents of the proceedings cannot be found, any client Canis remains unknown to this day.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Morreu um dos presumíveis assassinos de Amílcar Cabral rtp.pt of February 21, 2008 (Portuguese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cani, Inocêncio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Amílcar Cabral's murderer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1973 |