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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory On July 10, 1985, the Rainbow Warrior of New Zealand was bombed and sunk
On this day, 40 years ago, on July 10, 1985 (May 23, 1985 in the lunar calendar), New Zealand's "Rainbow Warrior" was blown up and sunk. The "Rainbow Warrior" sank late at night on July 10, 1985, the Port of Auckland in northern New Zealand returned to tranquility after a busy and noisy day as usual. At midnight, more than 30 people were seen disembarking from a large ship. They hugged and shook hands on the dock, and finally said "good night" to each other. Twenty-five people came ashore and left, and the rest returned to the boat. The 25 people who left were the main leaders of the international environmental protection organization, the Greenpeace Movement. They had just held an important meeting on the big ship to study and deploy the major actions that the organization was about to take. The people who returned were the ship's crew, including Pereira, a Portugal photographer. After sending off their leaders, they returned to their cabins to rest. Suddenly, with a "boom" sound, the hull immediately shook violently, and the crew who had just gone to bed immediately realized that the situation was not good. A crew member found a big hole in the right side of the hull and the sea was roaring straight into the ship. He shouted: "No, the ship has hit a mine!" People hurried off the ship and ashore in a hurry. There were 12 people in total, and all of them were ashore in a short time. At this time, Pereira suddenly remembered that his beloved advanced camera was still on the boat, so he ignored it and flew back to the boat. Unexpectedly, the moment he stepped onto the ship, another mine attached to the bottom of the left side of the ship exploded. The sound and explosive power were far greater than the first explosion. With a loud noise. The hull quickly sank to the bottom of the sea, but unfortunately, the 38-year-old Portugal photographer was also buried in the fish. These two explosions broke the tranquility of Auckland Port and alarmed the entire of New Zealand. In an instant, almost all the rooms in the Oakland Police Station were littered with lights, and the phone rang. People's sleepiness disappeared, and their usual relaxed expression disappeared. The first person sent to the scene reported by wireless telephone that the ship bombed was the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior. The "Rainbow Warrior" is no stranger to the international press and the governments of New Zealand, France, the United States and other countries. It is a gondola rented by Greenpeace, with a length of 48 meters and a weight of about 449 tons. Greenpeace is also a well-known international environmental protection organization. It was founded in Canada in 1970 by some environmentalists in Canada and the United States. Now has 500,000 members. The organization aims to oppose nuclear testing, whaling, transportation of nuclear waste, and environmental pollution. It has carried out frequent activities over the past 15 years. In March 1985, members of the Greenpeace Movement flew the Rainbow Warrior to Hawaii to carry out large-scale activities against U.S. nuclear testing in the Pacific. In early May, the "Rainbow Warrior" arrived on Kwajalein Island again, opposing the United States 'launch of intercontinental missiles from California. This time, I had planned to go to Mururoi Island, France's nuclear test site in the South Pacific, to prepare for a big fight there. At first, the French government denied making a decision to damage the Rainbow Warrior, and then admitted on September 22 that French agents had blown up the Rainbow Warrior. On the 23rd, French Prime Minister Fabius publicly apologized to New Zealand for the incident. On November 22, the High Court in Auckland, New Zealand, sentenced two French agents, Major Alain Maffar and Captain Dominica Prieux, to ten years in prison on charges of murder and bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. In July 1986, under the mediation of United Nations Secretary-General de Cuellar, France and New Zealand negotiated and France formally apologized to New Zealand and compensated US$7 million; two French agents were expelled by New Zealand to France's Hau Island military base in the South Pacific to serve three years. News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/18w2.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.11-22:50] 访问:85
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