POLICE have arrested 170 members of two feuding Transkei clans after armed clashes on Sunday resulted in five deaths and five serious injuries.
The feuding families, the Amevelas of Bizana and the Amadelas of Flagstaff, fought with rifles, handguns, home-made revolvers and knives in a dispute over the authority of the chief in Flagstaff, whom the Amevelas refuse to recognise.
The suspects will appear in court tomorrow to face murder and arms charges. Sunday’s clash was the first reported incidence of violence between the two clans.