The Sydney Hilton hotell was hosting the first Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting when a bomb went of in a garbage bin/truck outside. The bomb, which was placed in a Garbage bin, went of when the bin was emptied into the truck. The two Garbage collectors were killed instantly, and a police officer guarding the hotel lounge died later of the injuries from the bomb. 11 other People were injured, but none of the participants at the Meeting were injured. A conspiracy theory have argued that the Australian Security forces were behind the attack. The arguments behind this includes for example the continuous police presence outside the hotel which would have prevented anyone from leaving a bombing the Garbage bin. The Garbage truck driver also claimed that police had stopped them from emptying the Garbage earlier in the day. The Garbage bins had also not been searched through for a bomb by the police, something which normally is common to do in a bomb search. In 1989 confessed a former member of the Ananda Marga to the bombing. He was served 8 years in prison for this, but his confession is not believed by many of the involved in the case.
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