Attack on St Alberts School

Attack on St Alberts School
Part of Rhodesian Bush War
Type	Kidnapping
Planned by	unknown
Target	St Alberts School
Date	July 1973
Executed by	ZANLA
Outcome	284 students and staff rescued, 8 students and teachers remained in cadres hands.
Casualties	unknown killed

In July 1973, an attack was carried out on St Alberts School, a Catholic mission high school in Mashonaland Central in Rhodesia overlooking the Zambezi valley in east of the country close to the border with Mozambique. The attack was carried out by ZANLA as part of the Rhodesian Bush War.