Three Zimbabwean intelligence officers were on trial in Harare, Zimbabwe for attempting to car bomb a house in Bulawayo, occupied by African National Congress (ANC) refugees. Unfortunately for the three Zimbabweans the bomb exploded prematurely and did not accomplish its mission. The car bomb exploded outside this venue on 11 January 1988.
eventREF E-0092344Revised
12 October 1988
Zimbabwean intelligence officers on trial for attempting to bomb ANC refugees
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01O’Malley, P. ‘1988’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org (Accessed: 19 September 2013)
- 02Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, (Westport: Greenwood) p. 504
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 27). Zimbabwean intelligence officers on trial for attempting to bomb ANC refugees. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092344
South African History Online (2012) 'Zimbabwean intelligence officers on trial for attempting to bomb ANC refugees', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092344 (Accessed: 6 November 2026).
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South African History Online. "Zimbabwean intelligence officers on trial for attempting to bomb ANC refugees." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092344.
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