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Crowd in Durban beats foreign national to death

A foreign national was beaten to death by a crowd of about 50 people in Durban, South Africa, according to police. The man, believed to be in his late 30s or early 40s, was first approached by two men by the roadside before a larger group assaulted him, and…

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