Attack on the Montclair Hotel

The Attack on the Montclair Hotel was a terrorist attack on the hotel, which had once been popular among tourists spending their holidays in Rhodesia, by the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) on the 9th May 1978. [1] During the attack, the guerrillas fired at least three rocket‐propelled grenades at the hotel, before opening fire with AK-47 assault rifles.

Attack on the Montclair Hotel
Part of Rhodesian Bush War
Operational scope	Terrorist attack
Planned by	Unknown
Target	Guests staying at the Montclair Hotel
Date	9 May 1978
Executed by	ZANLA
Casualties	2 killed 3 injured

During the attack, the guerrillas killed two Rhodesian civilians and wounded three, including one American tourist. They were then chased away from the hotel by some of the staff who had armed themselves with guns, kept for protection from guerrillas. The two dead civilians were identified as Betty Verran of Juliasdale and Mrs. D. Groenewald of Salisbury.

References

External links

• New York Times, ‘Guerrillas Raid Hotel in Rhodesia, Killing 2 and Wounding American’