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Soldier shoots white pedestrian in Katanga capital
In Elisabethville, a Congolese soldier killed Simon Asher, 55, a Jewish-Israeli shop owner, after he did not quickly move off the sidewalk near the central bank. Witnesses said the guard ordered him off and then fired a shot in the back. UN and police investigated as European shopkeepers protested.
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