The Woolworths Bombings — Part One: Christmas Eve 1980
Forgotten Australia18 Joulu 2020

The Woolworths Bombings — Part One: Christmas Eve 1980

On Christmas Eve 1980, the Woolworths’ head office in Sydney gets a phone call from the man already responsible for two regional store bombings in the past week. An explosive device has been placed in the flagship variety store opposite Town Hall. It's going to detonate in 10 minutes. What follows is like something out of a Hollywood movie. But with its Holden utes and safari suits, beer carton bombs and pub rock gigs, this true-blue true-crime yarn could only have come from Australia.

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