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On this day May 13, 1985

Philadelphia police bomb MOVE house, killing eleven

Philadelphia police bomb MOVE house, killing eleven

Philadelphia police dropped a satchel bomb on the roof of the MOVE family home on Osage Avenue. The fire killed eleven people, including five children, and burned 61 row houses to the ground. No official was ever criminally prosecuted.

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