WORLD IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : 5 Killed in Attack on Train
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Gunmen killed five passengers and wounded 15 on a train carrying commuters from black townships into Johannesburg. The gunmen raced through the train ordering women to lie down, then opened fire on male passengers. More than 130 people have died in six days of violence in townships near Johannesburg.
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