Tuesday, May 23, 2006

More people thrown from trains in Gauteng

Another person has died after being thrown off a train in Kempton Park in Gauteng this morning. Another person has reportedly been critically injured. Eyewitness News reports that details about exactly what happened are still sketchy but police are on the scene. Scores of people have been hurled from trains in recent weeks, with more than twenty such incidents reported in Gauteng. Metrorail says at least 16 people have died in the attacks in different parts of the country. The attacks started at about the same time as the security guard strike and many of the victims have been working security guards.

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Bail hearing postponed for Burundi nationals charged with rape and kidnapping of Cape Town teen

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