Church Street, Pretoria bombing

When

20 May 1983

Kind

Murder

Coordinates

25.75° S, 28.19° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Church Street, Pretoria bombing.

Church Street bombing: A car bombing in Pretoria, South Africa, kills 19 people. The bomb has been planted by members of Umkhonto we Sizwe, a military wing of the African National Congress.

1983 car bombing in South Africa

The Church Street bombing was a terrorist car bombing on 20 May 1983 in the South African capital Pretoria by uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The bombing killed 19 people, including the two perpetrators, and wounded 217.

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