Church Street Bombing Kills 19 in Pretoria, May 20, 1983
Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by UMkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.
Date: May 20, 1983
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