The World : 5 Blacks Burned to Death
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The charred bodies of five black men, their arms and legs bound with wire, were found outside the South African city of Port Elizabeth. They were believed to be members of the small Azanian National Youth Unity group and victims of renewed black political in-fighting. Two other group members were hacked to death with axes and machetes over the weekend. A spokesman for the Azanian group accused the United Democratic Front of the killings, but the anti-apartheid organization denied the charge. “This is definitely the worst case we have ever had of this type of mass killing,” a local police spokesman said.
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