BAKHSHANDEGI, Shamam

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A member of the Baha’I faith community who died when he and two others were shot and killed by APLA operatives at the Baha’i Faith Centre, Mdantsane, Ciskei, on 13 March 1994. The victims, though of Iranian extraction, were allegedly regarded by the perpetrators as ‘whites’. A vehicle was also stolen during the attack. Two perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/2001/271). See APLA attacks.