Eric Bowyer, who was killed with pangas, became the first white victim attributed to this group, whose leadership included a man called General China, as well as Field Marshall Dedan Kimathi.
The Forty Group was eventually absorbed into this movement, which was targeted in a raid called Operation Jock Scott. One of their most successful attacks was an arms raid on the Naivasha Police Station, prompting a new offensive against them, Operation Anvil, to be initiated by George Erskine. Henry Potter, the acting governor, was replaced by Evelyn Baring during the outbreak of this movement's violence. Eric Bowyer, who was killed with pangas, became the first white victim attributed to this group, whose leadership included a man called General China, as well as Field Marshall Dedan Kimathi. Responsible for a massacre at Lari, this is, FTP, what militant group of 1950's rebels opposing British colonialism in Kenya?
The Forty Group was eventually absorbed into this movement, which was targeted in a raid called Operation Jock Scott.
{Mau Mau}