Anti-Drug Marchers Clash With Police
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Rioting erupted when police and troops moved in on a march in Cape Town by armed Muslim vigilantes who have vowed to eradicate drug dealing by local gangs. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at the vanguard of 5,000 marchers, mostly young men wearing head scarfs and chanting “Allahu Akbar!” (God is Great!) who tried to break through the fourth roadblock the police had erected.
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