Mulugeta Seraw, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American murder victim
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Place of Birth: Debre Tabor, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
About Mulugeta Seraw
- Mulugeta Seraw (Amharic: ??? ????, Seraw Mulugeta; October 21, 1960 – November 13, 1988) was an Ethiopian student who went to the United States to attend college.
- He was 28 when he was murdered by three white supremacists in November 1988 in Portland, Oregon.
- They were convicted, and Mulugeta's father and son--who was six years old--filed (and won) a civil lawsuit against the killers and an affiliated organization, holding them liable for the murder.
- (Mulugeta did not have a surname; "Seraw" is a patronymic -- the first name of his father).
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