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Landmine kills 22

    JOHANNESBURG

    Twenty-two civilians were killed and 17 injured when their vehicle ran over an anti-tank mine which exploded near Catala in Angola’s northern Malanje province, Portugal’s LUSA news agency reported on Monday. According to the report the incident happened on Friday when group were travelling from Catala, 40 km north of the provincial capital Malanje, to Caculama when the accident occurred. LUSA quoted an unidentified official with a non-governmental organisation as saying that it was the 24th such incident in Malanje province since the start of the year.

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