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Twenty-three residents are killed in police action during a protest in Duncan Village, East London.
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 263.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, July 31). Twenty-three residents are killed in police action during a protest in Duncan Village, East London.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089553
South African History Online (2012) 'Twenty-three residents are killed in police action during a protest in Duncan Village, East London.', South African History Online, 31 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089553 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, Twenty-three residents are killed in police action during a protest in Duncan Village, East London. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089553, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"Twenty-three residents are killed in police action during a protest in Duncan Village, East London.." South African History Online, 31 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089553. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Twenty-three residents are killed in police action during a protest in Duncan Village, East London.." South African History Online. July 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089553.
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