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APLA attacks

Explanation
During the early 1990s, the PAC proclaimed a military strategy of a 'protracted people's war', which involved the infiltration of APLA guerrillas into the country to conduct rural guerrilla warfare. The initial targets of such attacks were members of the security forces and white farmers who were perceived to be the frontline of defence for the former apartheid government. A 'repossession unit' was also set up, in which APLA cells conducted armed robberies on the instructions of the APLA High Command to raise funds andor obtain weapons and vehicles to enable APLA to carry out its military strategy. Civilians were killed or injured in many of these robberies. In 1993, attacks on civilians increased sharply with a series of high-profile attacks by APLA cadres on public places, including restaurants, hotels and bars, in urban areas. These were usually, but not always, places frequented by white civilians. The PAC/APLA claimed that the attacks were not racist in character, but directed against the apartheid government as all whites, according to the PAC, were complicit in the policy of apartheid. The 1993 attack on the St James' Church, Kenilworth, Cape Town, produced the highest number of casualties, with 11 people dead and 58 injured.

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A civilian who was injured when APLA operatives attacked members and guests at the King William’s Town Golf Club, Cape, on 28 November 1992. Four people were killed and seventeen were injured in the attack. Four APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2001/182). See APLA attacks.
A civilian who was injured when APLA operatives attacked members and guests at the King William’s Town Golf Club, Cape, on 28 November 1992. Four people were killed and seventeen injured in the attack. Four APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2001/182). See APLA attacks.
... granted amnesty for the attack. The fourth had his application struck off the roll for failing to attend the amnesty hearing (AC/1998/0018). See APLA attacks. ...
... granted amnesty for the attack. The fourth had his application struck off the roll for failing to attend the amnesty hearing (AC/1998/0018). See APLA ...
... granted amnesty for the attack. The fourth had his application struck off the roll for failing to attend the amnesty hearing (AC/1998/0018). See APLA attacks. ...
He suffered an attempt on his life when the Lady Grey police station, Orange Free State (OFS), was attacked by APLA operatives during January 1992. The perpetrators fired shots and threw a hand grenade at the station. One APLA member was granted amnesty (AC/1998/0057). See APLA attacks.
... granted amnesty for the attack. The fourth had his application struck off the roll for failing to attend the amnesty hearing (AC/1998/0018). See APLA attacks. ...
... granted amnesty for the attack. The fourth had his application struck off the roll for failing to attend the amnesty hearing (AC/1998/0018). See APLA attacks. ...
... granted amnesty for the attack. The fourth had his application struck off the roll for failing to attend the amnesty hearing (AC/1998/0018). See APLA attacks. ...
Was killed when APLA operatives threw hand grenades at and opened fire on patrons at the Crazy Beat Disco in Newcastle, Natal, on 14 February 1994. Several other persons were injured in the attack. Three APLA operatives were granted amnesty (AC/1998/0016). See APLA attacks.
... ambush by APLA operatives, between Herschel and Lady Grey, Cape, on 19 November 1992. Three people were killed and five injured in the ambush. See APLA attacks. Two APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2001/134). ...
... in which he was travelling between Herschel and Lady Grey, OFS, on 19 November 1992. Three people were killed and five injured in the ambush. See APLA attacks. Two APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2001/134) ...
A civilian who was injured when APLA operatives opened fire in the Steaks restaurant in Claremont, Cape Town, on 26 December 1992. Five people were injured in the attack. See APLA attacks. One APLA member was granted amnesty (AC/1998/0103)
... 18 March 1992. Mr Smith was shot dead while he lay injured next to the car. Another person was severely injured. Two managed to escape unhurt. See APLA attacks. 0ne APLA member was granted amnesty (AC/2000/148). See Zastron road ambush. ...
... at the Crazy Beat Disco in Newcastle, Natal, on 14 February 1994. One person was shot dead and several others were injured in the attack. See APLA attacks. Three APLA operatives were granted amnesty (AC/1998/0016). ...
Was shot and killed by APLA members in an armed attack on the Sentra Hyperserve supermarket in Wesselsbron, OFS, on 3 July 1993. Five people were killed and four were wounded in the attack. See APLA attacks. Six APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2000/250).
She suffered an attempt on his life when the Lady Grey police station, OFS, was attacked by APLA operatives during January 1992. The perpetrators fired shots and threw a hand grenade at the station. See APLA attacks. One APLA member was granted amnesty (AC/1998/0057).
She suffered an attempt on his life when the Lady Grey police station, OFS, was attacked by APLA operatives during January 1992. The perpetrators fired shots and threw a hand grenade at the station. See APLA attacks. One APLA member was granted amnesty (AC/1998/0057).
A private security guard who was injured by four APLA operatives, during an attack on police members at the Khayelitsha railway station, Cape Town, in 1992. Four other private security guards were injured in the attack. Two APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/1998/0103). See APLA attacks.
A civilian who was traumatised when the vehicle in which she was a passenger was hijacked at gunpoint by APLA operatives at Herschel, near Lady Grey, OFS, on 19 November 1992. Two APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2001/134). See APLA attacks.
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