The World - News from Nov. 7, 1985
A South African riot patrol shot and killed two blacks in a mob stoning police vehicles near Cape Town. A witness said the clash occurred at a funeral for a riot victim when police seized the flag of the banned African National Congress. However, police reported that the two were killed in Guguletu and said they had no record of a funeral in the area. The deaths were the first confirmed riot deaths in a week, police said.
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