World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Mobs Kill 10 After Official’s Funeral
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Armed mobs rampaged through the Soweto black township after the funeral of a local official, killing 10 people, injuring four and causing widespread damage, police said. The deaths brought to at least 28 the number killed in a violent weekend, police said. Much of the fighting has pitted supporters of the African National Congress against those of the rival Inkatha Freedom Party. The funeral in Soweto was for Inkatha supporter Moses Khumalo, the slain mayor of the Diepkloof section of Soweto.
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