Colonial brutality pushed Hussen to attempt killing a British commissioner.

Evidence

Hussen went directly from prison to the local blacksmith and asked him to make the sharpest knife possible. His intention was to finish this British co- lonialist. With the knife in his possession Hussen decided to provoke the com- missioner at work the following morning by hiding the station’s batteries. When Fitzpatrick came to the office, he could not find the batteries and called for Ardon to fetch Hussen. Hussen took his time responding. As Hussen entered the office Fitzpatrick, waiting at the door, tripped him, and a brawl ensued. Hussen’s knife was concealed in the belt of his shorts, but it shifted to his back as the two men wrestled. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 205

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Abdirazak Hussen attacked a British colonial commissioner over personal grievances (similarity 0.89)
• Hussen once plotted to kill a colonial officer before abandoning the attempt. (similarity 0.89)
• Hussen protested colonial abuse by covertly reporting Fitzpatrick to the governor. (similarity 0.82)
• Hussen physically defied a British colonial officer over an unsanctioned dress rule. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Hussen protested colonial abuse by covertly reporting Fitzpatrick to the governor. #contradicts (0.70) — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 201