Death toll from riots in South Africa is rising rapidly: 117 dead | Abroad

Looting Jabulani shopping center in Soweto.

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JOHANNESBURG – The death toll in the riots in South Africa over the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma has risen from 72 to 117. The number of people arrested on suspicion of involvement in the riots has risen to more than 2,200, authorities reported.

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