Philadelphia city council apologises for deadly 1985 Move bombing

Resolution apologises for ‘enduring harm’ caused by bombing of house occupied by members of black liberation group

Philadelphia’s governing council has formally apologised for one of the worst atrocities in the long history of racial strife in the city – the aerial bombing on 13 May 1985 of a house occupied by members of the black liberation group Move that left 11 people dead, including five children.

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