The World - News from March 14, 1986
South African police fired birdshot and tear gas to break up a crowd of about 5,000 mourners at a funeral for riot victims, forcing pallbearers to drop all four coffins on the street and flee, witnesses said. Police had ordered that no more than 100 people attend the service. At least one coffin was damaged in the clash in Khuma township near Stilfontein, about 90 miles west of Johannesburg, reporters at the scene said. The four victims had been shot by police in rioting three weeks ago in Khuma.
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