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Six killed in UNITA attacks

    JOHANNESBURG

    Six people were killed in Rundu, northeast Namibia on Saturday when suspected members of Angola's rebel movement UNITA attacked the Thikanduko village in two separate incidents, Reuters reports said on Monday.

    In one attack, four villagers, including three children, reportedly died when 15 armed rebels threw an explosive at them after they were forced to carry goods stolen from the village. Two other people were hacked to death in their beds and another six were injured in another attack, added the reports.

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