Huntly rail bridge bombing
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Huntly rail bridge bombing
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The Huntly rail bridge bombing occurred on the Glen Afton Branch, near Huntly, New Zealand around 3 a.m. on 30 April 1951, when high explosives were set off on a railway bridge. The bombing took place amid the 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute, an industrial dispute over the working conditions and wages of dockworkers. Characterised by the-then Prime Minister Sidney Holland as an act of terrorism, the bombing caused no casualties, even though a morning passenger train ran over the weakened bri
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1951 bombing in New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntly_rail_bridge_bombing
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