Operation Beanbag
Operation Beanbag, also known as the Matola Raid, was a military operation conducted by the South African Defence Force (SADF) against suspected safe houses of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), in Matola, Mozambique.
| Operation Beanbag | |||||||
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| Part of Internal resistance to apartheid | |||||||
Maputo Matola Operation Beanbag (Mozambique) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| South Africa |
ANC (Umkhonto we Sizwe) Mozambique | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| South Africa Unknown |
Unknown Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| SADF | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20 | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 killed 1 MIA (presumed dead) |
30 killed 11 killed | ||||||
| 1 civilian killed (Mozambique) | |||||||
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