World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Grenade Kills Mourner, Hurts 4
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Attackers hurled a grenade into a group of mourners after a funeral in the black township of Soweto, killing a woman, police said. Police Capt. G. Mariemuthoo said the woman died in a hospital after the afternoon attack. Four other people were injured, he said. The African National Congress reported that 10 people had been wounded and that the assailants had also fired automatic rifles. Mariemuthoo could not confirm this. The victims had been attending a funeral for an ANC supporter killed Feb. 16 in clashes involving the ANC and the rival Inkatha Freedom Party.
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