152:, but Bérenger managed to escape and hide behind bamboo bushes nearby. Bérenger's Peugeot 404 (registration number N193) had stopped in front of the municipality of Curepipe and its passengers Yves Raboude, Désiré Carré, Saïd Mungroo and A. Cotobally were about to seek the municipality's approval stamps for the MMM posters. Soon after the MMM activists sought shelter, Bérenger's Peugeot 404 N193 was set alight by the same 4 thugs who travelled in the Ford Falcon V643.
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