1985 MOVE bombing

When

13 May 1985

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

39.96° N, 75.25° W

Description

deaths of 11 people at the hands of police in Philadelphia, USA

1985 aerial bombing by police in Philadelphia

The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, was the aerial bombing of a house, and the destruction of 61 more houses by the subsequent fire, in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during an armed battle with MOVE, a terrorist-designated black liberation organization.

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