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Elias Phalane

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August 19, 2004

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Year of Death: 2004

Elias Phalane, Local Guard Force, died on August 19, 2004, in Pretoria, South Africa. He was killed during an armed robbery while carrying out his duty of protecting embassy personnel.

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