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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(22 Jul 1985) QUOTE REF ZIMBABWE: The Spanish Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Jose Luis
SYND Blanco-Briones, was found beaten to death in the early hours
31.7.85 of Monday in Harare. First reports said that police did not
LN115350 think the killing had a political motive. The Ambassador was
reported to be wearing only a shirt and to have been hit
about the head and shoulders with a blunt instrument. His
car was found a short distance away with false number plates
attached with rubber bands to the diplomatic plates.
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ZIMBABWE SHOWS: Embassy gates and plaque; Embassy building and
Harare Ambassador's car and plates; CU rubber bands on plates;
interview sot with domestic worker saying police have called.
Date Shot: 22 July 85
KCS 625 (Engl sp) WTN/LIDDELL 2.42mins
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