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About 500 members of a doomsday cult die in a church fire in a remote part of southwestern Uganda. Mass graves containing 4
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South African History Online. (2012, March 16). About 500 members of a doomsday cult die in a church fire in a remote part of southwestern Uganda. Mass graves containing 4. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079374
South African History Online (2012) 'About 500 members of a doomsday cult die in a church fire in a remote part of southwestern Uganda. Mass graves containing 4', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079374 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, About 500 members of a doomsday cult die in a church fire in a remote part of southwestern Uganda. Mass graves containing 4 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079374, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"About 500 members of a doomsday cult die in a church fire in a remote part of southwestern Uganda. Mass graves containing 4." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079374. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "About 500 members of a doomsday cult die in a church fire in a remote part of southwestern Uganda. Mass graves containing 4." South African History Online. March 16, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079374.
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