Vumba massacre | |
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Part of Rhodesian Bush War | |
Location | Bvumba Mountains, Rhodesia |
Date | 23 June 1978 |
Deaths | 12 |
Injured | 1 |
Victims | Missionaries of the Elim Pentecostal Church |
Perpetrators | Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) |
The Vumba massacre (also known as the Elim Mission massacre) was a massacre of eight British missionaries and four children committed by ZANLA guerrillas during the Rhodesian Bush War on 23 June 1978. The missionaries belonged to the Elim Pentecostal Mission based in the Vumba mountains near the Mozambican border in Rhodesia.