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Father Michael Lapsley, a New Zealand-born Anglican priest, loses both hands and an eye in a letter-bomb explosion in Harare. F
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, April 23). Father Michael Lapsley, a New Zealand-born Anglican priest, loses both hands and an eye in a letter-bomb explosion in Harare. F. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082322
South African History Online (2012) 'Father Michael Lapsley, a New Zealand-born Anglican priest, loses both hands and an eye in a letter-bomb explosion in Harare. F', South African History Online, 23 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082322 (Accessed: 15 October 2026).
South African History Online, Father Michael Lapsley, a New Zealand-born Anglican priest, loses both hands and an eye in a letter-bomb explosion in Harare. F [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082322, (accessed 15 October 2026).
"Father Michael Lapsley, a New Zealand-born Anglican priest, loses both hands and an eye in a letter-bomb explosion in Harare. F." South African History Online, 23 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082322. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Father Michael Lapsley, a New Zealand-born Anglican priest, loses both hands and an eye in a letter-bomb explosion in Harare. F." South African History Online. April 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082322.
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