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Rioting, looting in South Africa claims 72 lives after former president Zuma jailed Rioting, looting in South Africa claims 72 lives after former president Zuma jailed At least 72 people were killed and more than 1,200 others arrested in the lawlessness that has raged in poor areas of two South African provinces, set off by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. advertisement Looters outside a shopping centre alongside a burning barricade in Durban, South Africa (AP photo) The death toll climbed to 72 from rioting in South Africa on Tuesday, with many people trampled to death during looting at stores, as police and the military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to try to halt the unrest set off by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. ....
1 of 26 Soldiers guard an autobahn at the Bara taxi rank shops in Soweto, Johannesburg, Monday, July 12, 2021. Police say six people are dead and more than 200 have been arrested amid escalating violence during rioting that broke out following the imprisonment of South Africa s former President Jacob Zuma. Ali Greeff A woman walks past a fire truck as it extinguishes flames in a looted store in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 12, 2021. Police say six people are dead and more than 200 have been arrested amid escalating violence during rioting that broke out following the imprisonment of South Africa s former President Jacob Zuma. ....
The death toll climbed to 72 from rioting in South Africa on Tuesday Police and military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to try to halt the unrest set off by the imprisonment Jacob Zuma Johannesburg: The death toll climbed to 72 from rioting in South Africa on Tuesday, with many people trampled to death during looting at stores, as police and the military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to try to halt the unrest set off by the imprisonment last week of former President Jacob Zuma. More than 1,200 people have been arrested in the lawlessness that has raged in poor areas of two provinces, where a community radio station was ransacked and forced off the air Tuesday and some COVID-19 vaccination centres were closed, disrupting urgently needed inoculations. ....
International News Death toll climbs to 72 in S Africa riots JOHANNESBURG (AP) The death toll climbed to 72 from rioting Tuesday in South Africa, with many people trampled to death during looting at stores, as police and the military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to try to halt the unrest set off by the imprisonment last week of former President Jacob Zuma. Jul. 13 2021 @ 11:05pm Metro police take aim on people who took part in a protest, at a shopping centre in Soweto, near Johannesburg Tuesday July 13, 2021. South Africa s rioting continued Tuesday with the death toll rising to 32 as police and the military struggle to quell the violence in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The violence started in various parts of KwaZulu-Natal last week when Zuma began serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ....