The bodies of two of the children, Rebecca Evans and Joy McCann, together with one of the women, Mary Fisher.
Location
Bvumba Mountains, Rhodesia
Date
23 June 1978
Deaths
12
Injured
1
Victims
Missionaries of the Elim Pentecostal Church
Perpetrators
Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA)
The Vumba massacre (also known as the Elim Mission massacre) was a massacre of eight British missionaries and four children committed by ZANLA guerrillas during the Rhodesian Bush War on 23 June 1978. The missionaries belonged to the Elim Pentecostal Mission based in the Vumba mountains near the Mozambican border in Rhodesia.
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Political position Far-left Notable attacks Salisbury Woolworths bombing Vumbamassacre Status Dissolved Size 25,500 (1979) Allies State allies: China Mozambique...
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