Victoria Mxenge memorial service attack

Explanation
A memorial service for slain UDF leader Victoria Mxenge was held in the Umlazi cinema on 8 August 1985. Seventeen people were killed and 20 injured when members of the Amabutho, an Inkatha-based 'community guard force', launched an attack on the mourners.

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DLULISA, Bazamile Anabel

A UDF supporter who was shot dead by IFP-supporting AmaButho members at a memorial service for slain UDF leader, Victoria Mxenge, on 8 August 1985 in Umlazi, Durban. Seventeen people were killed and twenty injured in the attack. See Victoria Mxenge memorial service attack.

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ZULU, Armstrong

A UDF supporter who was assaulted and seriously injured by AmaButho members who attacked the memorial service for UDF leader Victoria Mxenge in the Umlazi Cinema at Umlazi, Durban, on 8 August 1985. Seventeen people were killed and twenty were injured in the attack.

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