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On 6 August 1977, during the Rhodesian Bush War, a Woolworths store in Salisbury, Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe) was bombed by the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA). Eleven civilians were killed and 76 were injured. Of those killed, eight were black Rhodesians, including two pregnant women and a young boy, and three were whites, members of a single family.〔(''The Bryan Times'' newspaper report on the attack, 8 August 1977 ) accessed 7 September 2014〕 The bomb, comprising about of high explosives, was planted in an area where customers checked packages in before shopping on the upper floor of the two-storey building. It detonated shortly before the crowded store was to close at noon that Saturday.〔(''Lakeland Ledger'' newspaper report on the attack, 7 August 1977 ) accessed 7 September 2014〕 The perpetrators, two teachers, afterwards escaped to Mozambique. Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Prime Minister, expressed horror at the bombing. "Those who have perpetrated this barbarous outrage can hardly be described as human," he said.〔 Rhodesian black nationalist leaders Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole also condemned the attack.〔 ==References== ;Bibliography * * * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salisbury Woolworths bombing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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