Show Bloody African Rioting Claims Toll of DURBAN mB J Union of South Africa Africa Af AC- Af- Af rica Jan 15 UP Police Th-Police Police launched bayonet charges Saturday in an attempt to quell bloody native- native Indian race rioting which has spread to Indian refugee camps A member of parliament said the death toll toIl now approached Authorities in Johannesburg estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated persons had lost their lives Ives The fighting between native blacks lacks and the Indians began Thursday Terrified Indians fled from the city Some went to refugee camps but they still faced death Several thousand natives moved on one camp in a Durban suburb wielding Bayonet-wielding police dispersed them hem Many Indians shrieking in terror error jumped to their death from froma a foot cliff Zulu Cries Chanted Indians and natives alil alike e have been burned and stoned to death and shot Entire Indian families have lave been wiped out The city's indian quarter has b been en wrecked Some of the natives chanted Zulu battle cries as they fought Police and troops rushed to the area just outside the city where a large group of Zulu workers work work- ers era were marching toward another camp It was vas not determined im im- Im- Im mediately y succeeded fi d d din in intercepting the natives The Royal Durban light infantry w was s mobilized Intervention by South African armed forces has slowed but not halted the rioting At least persons have been injured One European white was killed and a dozen were in in- in They have not however been generally involved in the rioting Damage was estimated at Set Up Refuges Police organized areas of refuge for the Indians who are immigrants immigrants immigrants grants or descendants of immigrants immigrants grants from the Asian subcontinent nent Officials in Johannesburg said a majority of the Indians are evacuating Durban fleeing to surrounding surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding villages with their few remaining possessions Those officials officials officials of of- made the casualty esti esti- mates More than police reinforcements reinforcements reinforcements reinforce reinforce- ments have arrived in Durban Defense Defense De De- De- De Minister F J C. C Erasmus said he would proclaim a state of emergency if the situation grew worse The South African air force was held in readiness to move in extra police Five radio cars and policemen already have been sent from Pretoria by air air The rioting broke out Thursday when a young native boy was injured injured in injured in- in by an Indian market peddler He was taken to a a. hospital and reports spread that he had been killed The incident snowballed into wholesale native nati attacks on the Indians |