Forget Islamic extremists or anything to do with the Middle East, the world’s first strapped-on suicide bombing happened in the small South Island town of Murchison.
Joseph Sewell was a 57-year-old farmer from Longford 18km (11miles) from Murchison. He made history when on Friday 14th of July 1905, he strapped sticks of gelignite around his torso and blew himself up outside the Murchison Courthouse. It was an event that got reported worldwide as “The Murchison Tragedy”.
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