Summary

IN GERMISTON, A JOHANNESBURG SUBURB, BLACKS WERE ALSO TARGETED WHEN A 220-POUND CAR BOMB BLASTED A TAXI STAND, KILLING 10 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING AT LEAST 36, MONDAY MORNING POLICE HELD A PERSON FOR QUESTIONING THE FORCE OF THE BLAST SENT ELECTION POSTERS AND AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE FLYING INTO TREES, BLEW OUT WINDOWS AND WRECKED ABOUT 20 MINI VANS, WHICH ARE USED AS TAXIS BY BLACK COMMUTERS POLICE LAY OUT A ROW OF STRETCHERS AMBULANCES SCREAMED TO HOSPITALS WITH WOUNDED, AS SECURITY FORCES RACED TO ROPE OFF THE SCENE CAR PARTS HUNG FROM TREES AND BODY PARTS AND TWISTED METAL LAY SCATTERED ON THE GROUND OVER A FOUR-BLOCK AREA IN GERMISTON POLICE SAY THE BOMB WAS PLANTED IN A TRAILER ATTACHED TO A CAR

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 83480
Story Slug SOUTH AFRICA VIOLENCE
Location SOUTH AFRICA
Format PKG
Date 04/25/1994
Archive Time 46:54
TRT 2:13
Supers Germiston, South Africa Central Johannesburg MOS Pat Harvey, Rptng
Video Description I-VIEWS SOUTH AFRICANS, PEOPLE CROWDED AROUND KIOSKS, STREETS OF CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG, WOMAN WALKING W/CHILDREN, SOTS
Description IN GERMISTON, A JOHANNESBURG SUBURB, BLACKS WERE ALSO TARGETED WHEN A 220-POUND CAR BOMB BLASTED A TAXI STAND, KILLING 10 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING AT LEAST 36, MONDAY MORNING POLICE HELD A PERSON FOR QUESTIONING THE FORCE OF THE BLAST SENT ELECTION POSTERS AND AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE FLYING INTO TREES, BLEW OUT WINDOWS AND WRECKED ABOUT 20 MINI VANS, WHICH ARE USED AS TAXIS BY BLACK COMMUTERS POLICE LAY OUT A ROW OF STRETCHERS AMBULANCES SCREAMED TO HOSPITALS WITH WOUNDED, AS SECURITY FORCES RACED TO ROPE OFF THE SCENE CAR PARTS HUNG FROM TREES AND BODY PARTS AND TWISTED METAL LAY SCATTERED ON THE GROUND OVER A FOUR-BLOCK AREA IN GERMISTON POLICE SAY THE BOMB WAS PLANTED IN A TRAILER ATTACHED TO A CAR
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