Attack on St Alberts School

Attack on St Alberts School
Part of Rhodesian Bush War
TypeKidnapping
Planned byunknown
TargetSt Alberts School
DateJuly 1973
Executed by ZANLA
Outcome284 students and staff rescued, 8 students and teachers remained in cadres hands.
Casualtiesunknown 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.