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| Durban beach-front bombing | |
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| Part of the history of Apartheid | |
  Durban Durban (South Africa) | |
| Location | Durban beach-front, Natal Province, South Africa |
| Date | 14 June 1986 |
Attack type | Car bombing |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 69 |
| Perpetrators | Robert McBride of the African National Congress |
On 14 June 1986, the Magoo's Bar at the Parade Hotel on the beach-front area of Durban, Natal Province, South Africa was attacked with a car bomb, killing three civilians and injuring 69 others. Robert McBride, a leader in Umkhonto we Sizwe (the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress), was convicted of carrying out the attack and sentenced to death, but later reprieved and released.