Church Street bombing

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The Church Street bombing was a 1983 terrorist attack by the African National Congress in Pretoria, South Africa which killed 16 and wounded 130. ^[1] The attack consisted of a car bomb set off outside the Nedbank Square building on Church Street at 4:30pm on a Friday. This was "the height of rush hour" when hundreds of civilians were leaving work. At least 20 ambulances took the dead and wounded to hospitals.

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1. ^ "1983: Car bomb in South Africa kills 16", BBC, 1983-05-20.