S. Africa Police Fight Students
Police used whips and fired tear gas and birdshot today in running battles with hundreds of students--blacks and whites--at an anti-government protest at the University of Cape Town, officials said.
An unspecified number of students were arrested, the government said. It was one of the most violent campus disturbances since a nationwide state of emergency was declared in June, 1986. There were no immediate official reports of injuries, but one journalist who was at the campus said that at least four students were hit by birdshot and that others were injured by whips.
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