BREAKING THE BOMBERS - How the Hunt for Pagad Created a Crack Police Unit
Mark Shaw, "BREAKING THE BOMBERS - How the Hunt for Pagad Created a Crack Police Unit"
English | ISBN: 177619151X | 2023 | 298 pages | EPUB | 1094 KB
English | ISBN: 177619151X | 2023 | 298 pages | EPUB | 1094 KB
'Mark Shaw is the foremost analyst of organised crime in SA.' - Jonny Steinberg
At the dawn of the country's brave new democracy, Cape Town was at war. Pagad, which began as a community protest action against crime, had mutated into a sinister vigilante group wreaking death and destruction across the city. Between 1996 and 2001, there were hundreds of bomb blasts - most infamously at the Planet Hollywood restaurant at the V&A Waterfront - and countless targeted hits on druglords and gang bosses.
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