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'''Chikumbi Refugee Camp''' was bombed on 19 October 1978 by Ian Smith's Selous Scouts. The camp was located about 20 kilometers north of [[Lusaka]] and was described as a black nationalist guerrilla camp by the Smith regime. | '''Chikumbi Refugee Camp''' was bombed on 19 October 1978 by Ian Smith's Selous Scouts. The camp was located about 20 kilometers north of [[Lusaka]] and was described as a black nationalist guerrilla camp by the Smith regime. | ||
==1979 bombing== | |||
The Rhodesian military said the planes had attacked "the main controlling military headquarters" for operations of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) led by Joshua Nkomo.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/10/20/rhodesian-planes-strike-near-zambian-capital/975e21b7-9ea2-42b5-86cb-4f43301ea7fb/ Rhodesian Planes Strike Near Zambian Capital], Washington Post, 20 October 1978</ref> | The Rhodesian military said the planes had attacked "the main controlling military headquarters" for operations of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) led by Joshua Nkomo.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/10/20/rhodesian-planes-strike-near-zambian-capital/975e21b7-9ea2-42b5-86cb-4f43301ea7fb/ Rhodesian Planes Strike Near Zambian Capital], Washington Post, 20 October 1978</ref> | ||
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Reports from the scene quoted witnesses as saying that two bombing runs left hundreds of dead and wounded. A steady stream of ambulances and trucks transported the wounded to Lusaka's main hospital late into the evening.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/24/archives/rhodesia-bombs-base-in-zambia-hundreds-of-casualties-reported.html/ Rhodesia Bombs Base in Zambia; Hundreds of Casualties Reported], New York Times, 24 February 1979</ref> | Reports from the scene quoted witnesses as saying that two bombing runs left hundreds of dead and wounded. A steady stream of ambulances and trucks transported the wounded to Lusaka's main hospital late into the evening.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/24/archives/rhodesia-bombs-base-in-zambia-hundreds-of-casualties-reported.html/ Rhodesia Bombs Base in Zambia; Hundreds of Casualties Reported], New York Times, 24 February 1979</ref> | ||
On the same day, Rhodesian fighters bombed [[Mkushi camp]] in [[Mkushi District]] located about 300km north of Lusaka. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
