Trojan Horse incident, Cape Town

Explanation
On 15 October 1985, members of the South African Railway Police hid in wooden crates on the back of a railway truck and opened fire on a crowd of protesters in Athlone, Cape Town, killing three youths and injuring several others. The operation was planned and implemented by a sub-structure of the regional Joint Management Centre. It was repeated in Crossroads, Cape Town, the following day, killing a further two youths.

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC Victims

Special Hearing, Cape Town, Day 2 (21 May 1997)

... Commission and notified that I had to appear before the Commission on the 21st of May 1997 to answer questions relating to the so-called Trojan Horse incident which took place on the 15th of October 1985 in Athlone, Cape Town in which Shaun Magmoed, Michael Cheslyn Miranda and Jonathan ...

/documents/special/trojan/56391.htm

Human Rights Violation Hearing, Uitenhage, Day 1 (26 August 1996)

as my colleagues said, my two colleagues from Cape Town have stated, this incident is very similar to one that took place in Cape Town known as the "Trojan Horse ...

/documents/hrvtrans/uitenhage/56029.htm

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