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Hugh ‘Chuck’ Hind (died 28 January 1977) was a former SAS soldier who allegedly assassinated the Chairman of ZANU, Herbert Chitepo. Hind served with the British SAS during the 1960s, he was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery for rescuing a young child from the River Wye in Hereford. Chuck Hind jumped into the water when it was flooded with heavy rains, after rescuing the child he revived the child with mouth to mouth resuscitation.〔Stiff, Peter. See You In November. Page 83〕 Chuck Hind emigrated to Rhodesia and working with another Rhodesian Central Intelligence Organisation operative, known only as ‘Taffy’ Brice they performed a series of raids into Zambia against ZANU and ZAPU targets during the Rhodesian Bush War.〔White, Luise. The Assassination of Herbert Chitepo. Page 62〕 ‘Taffy’ and Chuck were assisted in Zambia by a white Zambian farmer Ian Robert Bruce Sutherland, who was later convicted by Zambian courts of illegally possessing offensive material at his farm in Mazabuka, Zambia. Herbert Chitepo was assassinated, allegedly by Chuck Hind and ‘Taffy’ on 17 March 1975. They are said to have placed a car bomb in his Volkswagen Beetle. The explosion sent part of the car onto the roof of his house and uprooted a tree next door.〔Martin, David & Johnson, Phyllis. The Chitepo Assassination. Page 134〕 Hind died in a road traffic accident, transporting weapons, whilst driving near Lusaka with Sutherland also in the car, the vehicle skidded and left the road. Sutherland’s farm was raided on 10 November 1978 by Zambian police and in the trial that followed his arrest he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.〔Stiff, Peter. See You In November. Page 217〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugh Hind」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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