The World - News from July 5, 1985
A South African anti-apartheid coalition, the United Democratic Front, charged that right-wing death squads armed with a hit list of government opponents were behind 11 killings, including the murder of four activists stabbed near their burned-out car. However, the South African government-- strongly denying any links with the murders--suggested that the killings result from a power struggle between the front and the rival Azanian People’s Organization.
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