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NOMBIBA, Boyboy

Age 20

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Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Grahamstown, Cape, on 19 July 1980 when police opened fire on mourners returning from a funeral.

... her funeral on 19 July, during which police again used teargas and birdshot to break up the crowd. They shot a sixteen-year-old boy, Mr Boyboy Nombiba, in the stomach, killing him [EC0204/96ALB]. After Nombiba’s funeral on 26 July, police fired at a crowd of mourners who they said were ...
 
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