Date 16 September 1972 | ||
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The Sydney Yugoslav General Trade and Tourist Agency bombing occurred in Haymarket, Sydney on 16 September 1972; the attack injured 16 people. The perpetrators of the attack were alleged to be Croatian separatists.
History
On 16 September 1972, two bombs were detonated at Yugoslav travel agencies located in inner Sydney. The first injured 16 people, two of them were critically injured; the second bomb injured none. The bombings were alleged to be connected to the executions of Croatians with Australian passports in Yugoslavia. The New South Wales Police later raided a number of Croatian homes in Sydney.
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