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Trust Feeds massacre

Explanation
The attack that came to be known as the 'Trust Feeds massacre' was planned by Riot, Security and local policemen and Inkatha members. Members of the SAP and the Riot Unit arrested known UDF supporters at Trust Feeds, New Hanover, near Pietermaritzburg, on 2 December 1988 and then withdrew from the area, leaving UDF-supporting families particularly vulnerable to attack. The next day, 3 December 1988, four Special Constables stormed and opened fire on an all-night prayer vigil in a house believed by the perpetrators to be occupied by UDF supporters. Eleven people were killed. None of the victims or survivors were UDF supporters. An SAP member and four Special Constables were convicted for the murders. The Commission granted amnesty to a former SAP captain for his part in planning and executing the attack.

... the political landscape in the areas in which they were deployed (see separate finding below); f the December 1988 joint Inkatha-SAP operation in Trust Feeds which resulted in the death of eleven people; g the killing of over 100 people and the destruction of 3 000 houses in the March 1990 ...
... granted and refused amnesty for their role in Operation Marion .27 An SADF operative was refused amnesty for his part in the attack. 54. In the ‘Trust Feeds massacre ’ ,28 which took place on 3 December 1988, eleven people attending an all-night funeral vigil were killed in an attack on a ...
 
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