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On March 21, 1960, [[South Africa]]n police fired on a group of black anti-[[apartheid]] protesters, killing 69 people and wounding 180. The massacre occurred in the township of Sharpeville in what is now the Gauteng province.

The '''Sharpeville Massacre''' occurred on March 21, 1960, when [[South Africa]]n police fired on a group of black anti-[[apartheid]] protesters, killing 69 people and wounding 180. The massacre occurred in the township of Sharpeville in what is now the Gauteng province, hence the name.

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