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At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney
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South African History Online. (2012, January 6). At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071916
South African History Online (2012) 'At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney', South African History Online, 6 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071916 (Accessed: 28 September 2026).
South African History Online, At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071916, (accessed 28 September 2026).
"At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney." South African History Online, 6 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071916. Accessed 28 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney." South African History Online. January 6, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071916.
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