The World - News from April 12, 1985

Rioting broke out in black townships in the eastern part of South Africa’s Cape province, and two more deaths were reported in continuing racial violence near Uitenhage. In one incident, youths set fire to a delivery truck 45 miles north of Uitenhage, killing the driver; in another, the charred body of a black man was found near the city. Police last month shot and killed 19 black marchers in Uitenhage, and a continuing judicial inquiry heard testimony from a man wounded in the March 21 shootings. He said he played dead while police officers discussed whether to “finish off” the wounded lying nearby.