Bomb Explodes Near Botha’s Home; Woman Injured
A bomb blasted the roof off a bus shelter today about 330 yards from President Pieter W. Botha’s house in the luxurious Groote Schuur Estate, police said. A young white woman was injured.
The bus stop is on a main road about 15 feet from the gate to the estate, where several Cabinet ministers live during Parliament sessions. The luxury residential complex is walled and heavily guarded.
Officers at the scene said they believed the blast was caused by a limpet mine.
The noon explosion blew the shelter’s roof about 55 yards away, according to bystanders.
Before today, 34 bombings had killed nine people and injured nearly 200 since a state of emergency was declared June 23. The government blames the outlawed African Nation Congress, the main guerrilla group fighting South Africa’s government, for the bombings.
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