‘Sette Giugno’ commemorated in Xaghra
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A commemorative ceremony to mark the historic day of Sette Giugno was held on Thursday under the patronage of the Hon. Anton Tabone, Speaker of the House of Representatives, in the presence of the Hon. Giovanna Debono, Minister for Gozo, at Bullara Street, Xaghra.
On 7th June every year, Gozo commemorates the tragic events of Sette Giugno. This is in remembrance of the riots of 1919 when the Maltese population revolted against the British Government to obtain some form of representative government.
Four people died when troops opened fire on the protestors. One of the four men killed was Giuseppe Bajada who hailed from Xaghra, he happened to be in Malta on that fateful day when he went there to obtain a passport to emigrate. He found himself amongst the rioting crowd and, in the ensuing melee he was hit whilst in the Strada Teatro and fell down holding the Maltese flag.
A Carmelite friar assisted him with the last Catholic rites before he died on the spot where he fell.
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