/ 3 January 2000

FIVE DIE IN TRIBAL CLASHES

FIVE people died and five suffered injuries on Sunday in clashes with guns and knives between members of rival tribes near Umtata, police said on Monday. Police arrested 170 people and seized rifles, handguns, home-made revolvers and knives after fighting between the feuding families, the Amevelas of Bizana and the Amadelas of Flagstaff.