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People Against Gangsterism and Drugs  

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  • Formed in 1996 as a grassroots attempt to combat gang fighting and drugs in Cape Town, South Africa, People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) later adopted antigovernment and anti-Western ideologies and used terror to spread its message. It declared a jihad (commonly translated as “holy war”) against Cape Town's gangs and is believed to have murdered about 100 people. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; People Against Gangsterism and Drugs]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-C3W0CHZX-B

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