1996 Shoprite bombing

The 1996 Shoprite bombing was a white-supremacist terrorist attack that took place on 24 December 1996 after bomb was detonated at a Shoprite (South Africa) supermarket in Worcester, South Africa killing 3 people and wounding several others.[1] A second bomb placed in a tree down the street at a local pharmacy was also detonated, injuring 2 sitting nearby.[1][2]

Planning and motive

The four men involved in the bombings, who were all members of the Israel Vision religious sect, were Koper Myburgh, Cliff Barnard, Jan "Voetbol" van der Westhuizen and Stefaans Coetzee. Coetzee was 17 at the time of bombing.[3] All four men were part of the Afrikaner nationalist, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist paramilitary organisation Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, or AWB for short.[3]

Bombing

On 24 December 1996, Coetzee walked into a Shoprite store and discreetly planted a bomb in a christmas tree decoration.[4]

References
  1. Daley, Suzanne (December 25, 1996). "Bombing in South Africa Kills 3 and Wounds 50" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. "My pain can't compare to pain of my victims - Worcester bomber". News24.
  3. Potgieter, De Wet (December 20, 2012). "Meet the youngest Worcester Bomber – now a poster boy for reconciliation". Daily Maverick.
  4. "Victims and offender dialogue on 1996 Worcester bombing | South African Government".
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