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twice, at point blank range, with a .22 pistol. Verwoerd, who had been opening the Union
Exposition in Milner Park, Johannesburg, was rushed to hospital, and within two months had made a complete recovery. Pratt was arrested at the scene and taken to the Marshall Square police station, and then to
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