MATTHEW LECORDIER
Fairvale Secondary School Arson Attack.
"This incident occurred on the third of September 1985.  There were no injuries to any persons in this operation.  The persons involved in this operation, within the unit, loosely set up Wentworth at time were Naziem Kassiem, Allan Pearce, Robert McBride and Marson Sharpley.
		At the time of this operation we were not formally recruited into the ANC/MK unit, but we understood the policy and the guidelines of the ANC, had been listening to Radio Freedom, reading Setchaba, the voice of the ANC, and actively engaged ourselves in repeated daily discussions about the need to change the situation.  We understood that this could not be achieved by peaceful means.  
		This was the first operation that I was involved in, and indeed the first that this combat unit carried out.  The object of this operation was to highlight the inferior and dilapidated condition of the school.  A complaint that had been tirelessly take up till then.  We hoped that this long-standing issue would now be addressed.
		My own activity in this operation was that I, together with Allan Pearce and Marson Sharpley, stood guard at the school whilst comrade Robert and Naziem Kassiem went to the laboratory area of the school, with a view to breaking the windows and pouring petrol into the school.  It was agreed that Naziem Kassiem would light a match and throw it into the school, as he was the fittest at the time.  The school was set alight, however the damage  was at a very superficial level."