Vumba massacre

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.

Vumba massacre
Part of Rhodesian Bush War
The bodies of two of the children, Rebecca Evans and Joy McCann, together with one of the women, Mary Fisher.
LocationBvumba Mountains, Rhodesia
Date23 June 1978
Deaths12
Injured1
VictimsMissionaries of the Elim Pentecostal Church
Perpetrators Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA)
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