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KLEYN, SM

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Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen injured. The overall commander of MK’s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003 and AC/2001/023). See Church Street Bombing, Pretoria.

En route to the intersection we passed five adults, black male. They walked on the right hand side of the road in a westerly direction, in the direction of the intersection. They appeared very suspect because they all walked with their hands in their pockets and did not even pinch a glance in our ...
The next minute the hand grenade exploded approximately three meters away from me. In the explosion a whole lot of sand and dust was strewn all over me. A shooting pursued almost immediately thereafter.
... // That’s what they all say. They also say that the massacre was an act of self defence after a hand grenade was lobbed at the Ford Cortina Kleyn and others were travelling in. ...
 
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