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Special Report Transcript Episode 6, Section 5, Time 19:44‘They got my hands and my eye but they didn’t get my most powerful weapon, my tongue.’ This is the story of Michael Lapsley. // On Saturday night a bomb exploded in the house of an Anglican priest, an anti-apartheid activist, Father Michael Lapsley. He was seriously injured, the house was extensively damaged. The ceiling blown off and property destroyed. Notes: Max du Preez; Zimbabwe TV News, 29 April 1990 References select each tab to search for references Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC VictimsHe lost both hands and an eye as well as suffering other serious injuries in a letter-bomb attack in April 1990 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Father Lapsley, an Anglican priest from New Zealand, had previously been expelled from South Africa and Lesotho for his active support of the South African liberation ... |