Luanda mercenary trial

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The Luanda Mercenary Trial took place in Luanda, Angola from 11 June to 28 June 1976.[1][2] It involved 13 Foreign mercenaries who had been captured by Angolan government forces while fighting for the FNLA in February 1976.[3]

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  1. 1976: Mercenaries trial begins in Angola, On this Day - 11 June, BBC News, accessed 1 July 2010.
  2. 1976: Death sentence for mercenaries, On This Day - 28 June, BBC News, accessed 1 July 2010.
  3. Marvine Howe, New York Times, 6 June 1976, page 13, Column 1.
  4. Marvine Howe, New York Times, 6 June 1976, page 13, Column 1.