Attack on St Alberts School | |
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Part of Rhodesian Bush War | |
Type | Kidnapping |
Planned by | unknown |
Target | St Alberts School |
Date | July 1973 |
Executed by | ZANLA |
Outcome | 284 students and staff rescued, 8 students and teachers remained in cadres hands. |
Casualties | unknown killed |
In July 1973, an attack was carried out on St Alberts School, a Catholic mission high school in Mashonaland Central in Rhodesia overlooking the Zambezi valley in east of the country close to the border with Mozambique. The attack was carried out by ZANLA as part of the Rhodesian Bush War.