Policeman Killed in S. Africa Clash
Black rioters attacked soldiers and police in four segregated townships, killing a black officer and wounding eight other people, authorities said Sunday.
However, a police report indicated that violence continued to decline on the eighth day of a declared state of emergency in 36 troubled cities and towns. The number of activists detained under the emergency powers rose Sunday to 1,166 from 1,085, the police report said.
About 500 blacks have died in civil strife since August, 1984. While most were killed by police, black mobs also have killed blacks viewed as government collaborators.
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