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Special Report Transcript Episode 49, Section 2, Time 01:13But we start in Athlone outside Cape Town with the incident that became known as the Trojan Horse killings. Some 1200 years before the birth of Christ the Greeks waged war against the people of Troy. After ten years of war the Greeks had a brilliant plan, they ordered master carpenter Epeius to build a huge hollow wooden horse and offered it to the Trojans as a gift. The Trojans accepted it and let the horse into the city walls. Once inside, Greek warriors climbed out of the belly of the horse and opened the city gates to their comrades, who then destroyed Troy. This is why the incident in October 1985 in Athlone was called the Trojan Horse killings. Notes: Max du Preez The Trojan Horse and other ambush tactics 167 During late 1985 and early 1986, security force members sometimes adopted ambush tactics against street protestors and others by concealing themselves either in a moving vehicle or at the scene. In each instance, police opened fire without warning, ... 116 At least twenty-eight people, with an average age of seventeen, were killed in the ensuing uproar across the Peninsula. At least 150 were admitted to hospital with serious injuries, predominantly from Gugulethu, Nyanga, Athlone, Philippi and Manenberg. At the SACLA Clinic in Crossroads alone, ... 9 Between June 1987 and January 1988, members of the special unit detained over forty BMW members. The police had instructions to obtain, as quickly as possible, confessions that would lead to more arrests and convictions. “Die nodige beëdigde verklarings moet, soos vereis, so spoedig ... |
