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Mob kills mixed race woman and son in South Africa riot
In Kirkwood's Bonting Township a mob set a mixed race woman and her three year old son afire after forcing entry to their home while two other children aged six and seven were badly burned. Police reported broader violence across the eastern Cape with arson and attacks on black officials.
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South Africa
Johannesburg
Eastern Cape
Pretoria
Bontiug
Cape Town
Kirkwood
Erasmus Jacobs
Tygerberg Hospital
Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital
Cape
Uitenhage
Jacobs