Nine Soweto Victims Buried

Nine victims of political violence were buried in the black township of Soweto today, a day after clashes between residents and security forces enforcing a ban on mass funerals.

A Johannesburg newspaper said today that eight people died in Thursday’s violence. The government said there were some injuries but that no one was killed. Today’s separate funerals were permitted by security forces after a group of black clergymen dropped plans to hold a mass burial at a later date.