Word: doornfontein
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About 50 blacks armed with axes and sticks then began marching from the headquarters building of the Congress of South African Trade Unions to the nearby Doornfontein railroad station. Police tried to disperse them, then teargassed them. The marchers attacked the officers with knives, clubs and machetes, according to police. The police answered by opening fire, killing three protesters and wounding five more, and then followed a trail of blood back to the union headquarters and besieged the building. Finally the police broke in and arrested 400 people inside...
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