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AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested

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30 Sep 2019
AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested

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The leader of the right-wing political organisation, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Eugene Terre'Blanche, and nine of his followers were arrested and charged with public violence. The arrest took place after a long police investigation. Terre'Blanche and his followers clashed with police and interrupted a meeting addressed by the then state president F.W. De Klerk at the Ventersdorp city hall on 9 August 1991. Three people were reported to have been killed outside the hall.

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  1. 01News24,"Terre'Blanche's killer gets life",From: News24,[Online], Available at: www.news24.com,[Accessed: 20 December 2013]
  2. 02BBC News ,"Eugene Terreblanche killed in South Africa",From: BBC News ,[Online], Available at:news.bbc.co.uk,[Accessed: 20 December 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013007

South African History Online (2011) 'AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013007 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).

South African History Online, AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013007, (accessed 30 July 2026).

"AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013007. Accessed 30 July 2026.

South African History Online. "AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013007.

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