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Putco bus attack

Explanation
Seven people were killed when members of the Orde Boerevolk opened fire on a bus full of black commuters travelling on Duffs Road, Durban, on 9 October 1990. The Committee heard that the attack was in retaliation for an incident which had taken place earlier in the day in which PAC and APLA supporters, wearing PAC T-shirts, had randomly attacked white people on Durban's beachfront, killing one elderly person and injuring several others. Three members of the Orde Boerevolk were convicted for the attack and were sentenced to death on 13 September 1991. This sentence was subsequently commuted to 30 years' imprisonment. The Committee granted amnesty to two of the three applicants.

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MSOMI, Juke Twana
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit ...
/victims/msomi_juke_twana.htm
MTHEMBU, Siphiwe Justice
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit ...
/victims/mthembu_siphiwe_justice.htm
MNQAYI, Wiseman
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit ...
/victims/mnqayi_wiseman.htm
MLAMBO, Jabulani Sibusiso
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit ...
/victims/mlambo_jabulani_sibusiso.htm
MEMELA, Helen Lindiwe
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). ...
/victims/memela_helen_lindiwe.htm
MKHIZE, Patricia Sibongile
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit ...
/victims/mkhize_patricia_sibongile.htm
MTSHALI, Isaac Fundayake
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit ...
/victims/mtshali_isaac_fundayake.htm
MDUNA, Thulani Dumisani
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit ...
/victims/mduna_thulani_dumisani.htm
ZITHA, John Dayson
and twenty seven injured in the attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). See Putco bus ...
/victims/zitha_john_dayson.htm
ZULU, Thabane Richard
... seven were injured in the attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). See Putco bus ...
/victims/zulu_thabane_richard.htm
ZULU, Thembane Richard
... seven were injured in the attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). See Putco bus attack. ...
/victims/zulu_thembane_richard.htm
NGEMA, Kwaziwakhe Nicholas
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). ...
/victims/ngema_kwaziwakhe_nicholas.htm
NENE, Mandla Abednigo
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). ...
/victims/nene_mandla_abednigo.htm
NDWANDWE, Mzuthini Obed
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). ...
/victims/ndwandwe_mzuthini_obed.htm
NDWANDWE, Stanley Sandile
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). ...
/victims/ndwandwe_stanley_sandile.htm
NDEBELA, Dumisani Bernard
... opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). ...
/victims/ndebela_dumisani_bernard.htm
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