Italians demoted the S.Y.L. officials the British had promoted.

Evidence

The revolt was led, however, by a group of Sandhurst-trained lieutenants who, after independence, found themselves serving under Italian-trained superior officers who had been posted to the north. Directly inspired, it seems, by a mixture of personal ambition and northern patriotism, these British-trained junior officers quietly arrested their southern superiors whom they regarded as unjustly promoted over their heads. They then gave out publicly that, following widespread rioting against the government in Mogadishu and elsewhere, General Da’ud, commandant of the national army, had assumed control of the state. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 440 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: British-trained northern officers mutinied against Italian-trained superiopor officers in 1961 — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 440

Related

• British-trained northern officers mutinied against Italian-trained superiopor officers in 1961 (similarity 0.93)
• British-trained northern officers led an abortive 1961 separatist coup (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• British-trained northern officers mutinied against Italian-trained superiopor officers in 1961 #corroborates (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 440