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FAKU, Thembinkosi Amos

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A member of the SAP who was killed instantly when a bomb exploded in his car near Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, on 15 December 1989. Three police officers and an informer were killed in the attack by fellow police officers to prevent possible revelations about the killing of the Cradock Four. Nine members of the Security Police were refused amnesty (AC/1999/0345). See Motherwell car bomb.

... bomb 301 This case involved a bomb blast outside Port Elizabeth in 1989, in which three black security police officers including Mr Amos Themba Faku [EC2115/97ELN] and Mr Mbambalala Glen Mgoduka [EC2631/97PLZ], and an askari (guerrilla fighter ‘turned’ by the police) died when the car ...
 
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