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Sharpeville

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Sharpeville
a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)


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He was irked by the criticism of apartheid policy and Harold Macmillan's "Winds of Change" speech and the growing international outcry following the Sharpeville massacre, in contrast to the West's unconditional support for Zionist Israel.
It came to be popularly known as the Sharpeville Massacre.
1960 69 people died when police opened fire on protesters in the South African community of Sharpeville.
 
 
 
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