Church Street, fashewar bam na Pretoria

Church Street, fashewar bam na Pretoria

25°44′47″S 28°11′26″E
Iri	bomb attack (en) mass murder (en)
Kwanan watan	20 Mayu 1983
Ƙasa	Afirka ta kudu
Participant (en)	Umkhonto we Sizwe
Nufi	South African Air Force (en)
Adadin waɗanda suka rasu	19
Adadin waɗanda suka samu raunuka	217

Harin bam na Church Street wani harin bam ne na mota a ranar 20 ga Mayu 1983 a babban birnin Afirka ta Kudu Pretoria da uMkhonto mu Sizwe (MK), reshen Sojoji na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Afirka. Fashewar bam din ta kashe mutane 19, ciki har da masu aikata laifuka biyu, kuma ta jikkata 217.

Harin

Harin ya kunshi bam din mota da aka kashe a waje da Ginin Nedbank Square, wanda Sojojin Sama na Afirka ta Kudu suka hayar, a Church Street West, Pretoria, da karfe 4:30 na yamma a ranar 20 ga Mayu 1983. An yi la'akari da cewa hedkwatar Sojojin Sama na Afirka ta Kudu (SAAF), amma yayin da aka shirya bam din don tashi a lokacin gaggawa, wadanda aka kashe da wadanda suka ji rauni sun hada da fararen hula. Bam din ya fashe minti goma kafin yadda aka shirya, inda ya kashe biyu daga cikin masu aikata laifin, Freddie Shangwe da Ezekial Maseko, tare da wasu mutane 17. Akalla motoci 20 da suka ji rauni sun kai wadanda suka mutu da wadanda suka ji rauni zuwa asibitoci.

Jin Hukumar Gaskiya

A cikin gabatarwar ga Hukumar Gaskiya da Sulhu (TRC) a cikin 1997 da 1998, ANC ta bayyana cewa wani bangare na musamman na Umkhonto mu Sizwe (MK) na ANC ne ya shirya harin, wanda Aboobaker Ismail ya umarce shi. A lokacin harin, sun ba da rahoto ga Joe Slovo a matsayin shugaban ma'aikata, kuma Oliver Tambo ya ba da izinin harin Church Street.

Sanarwar da ANC ta fitar ta ce, harin bam din ya kasance martani ne ga wani harin wuce gona da iri da kasar Afirka ta Kudu ta kai kan kasar Lesotho a watan Disambar 1982, wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar magoya bayan ANC 42 da kuma kisan gillar da aka yi wa Ruth First 'yar gwagwarmayar ANC kuma matar Joe Slovo a Maputo na kasar Mozambique . An yi ikirarin cewa 11 daga cikin wadanda aka kashen jami'an SAAF ne, kuma a dalilin haka sojoji suka kai hari. Wakilin shari'a na wasu daga cikin wadanda abin ya shafa ya ce a matsayinsu na ma'aikatan gudanarwa da suka hada da masu amfani da wayar tarho da masu buga bugu ba za su iya yarda da cewa halaltacciyar manufa ce ta soja ba.

Jami'an MK goma, ciki har da Aboobaker Ismail, sun nemi afuwa saboda wannan da sauran bama-bamai. An yi adawa da aikace-aikacen a kan dalilai daban-daban, gami da cewa harin ta'addanci ne wanda bai dace da manufar siyasa ba. TRC ta gano cewa yawan fararen hula da ma'aikatan soja da aka kashe ba su da tabbas. Kididdigar 'yan sanda ta nuna cewa an kashe mambobi bakwai na SAAF. Hukumar ta gano cewa akalla 84 daga cikin wadanda suka ji rauni sun kasance mambobin SAAF ko ma'aikata. TRC ta ba da Amnesty a cikin shekara ta 2000.

Nelson Mandela, wanda ke yin aiki a kurkuku a lokacin harin ta'addanci, ya rubuta game da yanayin tashin hankali a cikin tarihin kansa: "Saboda mun san cewa irin waɗannan abubuwan da suka faru za su faru cewa shawararmu ta ɗaukar makamai ta kasance mai tsanani da rashin son rai. "