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| South African police find arms cache |
| 2002-11-20 |
| South African police investigating an alleged plot by white extremists to topple the government have found a cache of 26 bombs. The devices were found in the farming area of Keimoes in Northern Cape province, along with other unnamed military material, the police have said. A shadowy right-wing group has claimed responsibility for last month's series of bombings in the black township of Soweto, which killed one woman and injured her husband. The "Warriors of the Boer Nation", which may be linked to the Boeremag (Afrikaner Force), said the Soweto bombings "are the beginning of the end for the African National Congress (ANC) government". South African Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has said he suspects those behind the Soweto bombings are former members of the army and police attempting to start a "race war". |
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