Death toll mounts in South Africa rioting after Zuma jailing
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)
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and ANDREW MELDRUM
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG — The death toll from rioting in South Africa rose to 45 on Tuesday, including 10 people trampled to death during looting at a mall, 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....
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