- Title: RHODESIA: AFTERMATH OF CAFE BOMB EXPLOSION IN SALISBURY
- Date: 14th August 1966
- Summary: STREET OUTSIDE CAFE AT NIGHT; MORNING STREET SCENE; WORKMEN REPAIR WINDOW; INT. DAMAGE; WOMAN INTERVIEWER: "I REALISE YOU'RE UNABLE TO SAY VERY MUCH TO US BUT..." WOMAN: "IF I SAY ONE TIME YOU LISTEN." INTERVIEWER: "I REALISE THAT YOU'RE UNABLE TO SAY VERY MUCH TO US, BUT CAN YOU TELL US ROUGHLY WHAT HAPPENED?" WOMAN: "NO, I DON'
- Embargoed: 29th August 1966 13:00
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- Location: SALISBURY, RHODESIA
- Country: Zimbabwe
- Reuters ID: LVABYIHXVETM6OWP4GXGEVEBXRSG
- Story Text: EIGHT PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN A HAND GRENADE WAS THROWN THROUGH THE OPEN DOORWAY OF A GREEK CAFE IN SALISBURY, RHODESIA, ON FRIDAY (12 AUGUST) NIGHT. A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GRENADE HAD BEEN THROWN BY AN AFRICAN. NO ARRESTS HAVE YET BEEN MADE.
SEVEN WITH PEOPLE, INCLUDING ONE WOMAN, WERE TAKEN TO HIS HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES CAUSED BY FLYING GLASS AND SHRAPNEL. AN AFRICAN WAITER HAS ALSO INJURED.
THE GRENADE BLASTED A NINE INCH HOLE IN THE TILED FLOOR, WRECKED FURNITURE AND CROCKERY AND SHATTERED THE PLATE GLASS WINDOW FACING THE STREET.
THE OWNER OF THE CAFE WAS INTERVIEWED.
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