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Victims sue South African government over 1961 Sharpeville massacre that left 91 dead

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Claim relating to infamous apartheid-era shooting of protesters part of wave of litigation for apartheid-era crimes The day dawned brightly on 21 March 1960, as residents of the South African township of Sharpeville gathered to protest against pass l…

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