A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, explodes and kills twenty-one people, of whom eleven are members of the SA Air Force, while 217 people are injured.
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A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, claims twenty-one lives.
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, May 18). A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, claims twenty-one lives.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083656
South African History Online (2012) 'A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, claims twenty-one lives.', South African History Online, 18 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083656 (Accessed: 10 September 2026).
South African History Online, A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, claims twenty-one lives. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083656, (accessed 10 September 2026).
"A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, claims twenty-one lives.." South African History Online, 18 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083656. Accessed 10 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, claims twenty-one lives.." South African History Online. May 18, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083656.
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