South Africa court rules anti-Apartheid icon Albert Luthuli murdered
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In South Africa, a major historical revelation, a court has ruled that anti-apartheid leader Albert Luthuli was murdered by members of the apartheid-era police, not killed in a train accident as officials claimed nearly six decades ago.
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- A South African court ruled that Albert Luthuli was murdered by apartheid-era police. 6s
- The official claim that Luthuli died in a train accident nearly sixty years ago was overturned. 12s
- The judge rejected the 1967 inquiry and named seven men, including railway workers and special police branch members, as responsible or complicit. 16s
- The ruling supports Luthuli's family's belief that he was silenced by the apartheid regime. 29s
- Luthuli led the ANC from 1952 until his death and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961. 39s