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- ↑ "Meet the youngest Worcester Bomber – now a poster boy for reconciliation". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ↑ "AWB member jailed for 1996 murder". News24. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ↑ News24, Jenna Etheridge. "Worcester bomber now 'a beacon of hope'". News24. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
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