Thirteen Inkatha Youth Brigade members, attending a meeting in a house, are killed by a group, including three off-duty police officers in KwaShange, Pietermaritzburg.
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Thirteen Inkatha Youth Brigade members, attending a meeting, are killed.
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Coleman, M. (ed) (1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 23). Thirteen Inkatha Youth Brigade members, attending a meeting, are killed.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091570
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South African History Online. "Thirteen Inkatha Youth Brigade members, attending a meeting, are killed.." South African History Online. August 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091570.
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