Durban beach-front bombing

Durban beach-front bombing
Part of the history of Apartheid
Durban is located in South Africa
Durban
Durban
Durban (South Africa)
LocationDurban beach-front, Natal Province, South Africa
Date14 June 1986
Attack type
Car bombing
Deaths3
Injured69
PerpetratorsRobert 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.