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(AP) A hand grenade thrown into a busy
supermarket wounded 39 people Monday, six
of them seriously, the state-run news agency
said.
It was the third grenade attack in the Ethio
pian capital in 48 hours.
It was unclear who threw the grenades, and
there was no immediate comment from po
lice. But the attacks were believed to be anti
government in nature. .
In the latest attack, a hand grenade ex
ploded at 5 p.m. in a three-story supermarket
in Addjs Ababa’s western Mercato shopping!
area, the Ethiopian News Agency said.
On Saturday night, hand grenades were|
thrown into a hotel associated with the gov
ernment and a restaurant popular with for
eigners, killing one person and injuring 41. |
The countryisrun by the Ethiopian People’s |
Revolutionary Democratic Front, which took |
power in 1991 and won elections in 1995. \
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‘Ville morte’ general strike
cripples Zairian capital
B While rebel soldiers stand
poised to march into Kinshasa
to end the rule of President
Mobutu Sese Seko, a general
strike closed the city of 3.8
million on Monday. ;
By Tina Susman
ASSOCIATED PRESS Writer
KINSHASA, Zaire
Opposition forces brought the capital to a
standstill Monday with a strike that left
much of Kinshasa deserted, using the only
means available to pressure President
Mobutu Sese Seko to resign.
Faced with a new army-led government
that made clear it won’t permit public pro
tests, opponents agitating for an end to
Mobutu’s despotic rule called instead for
Zairians to stay off the streets and boycott
work for a day.
Theso-called “ville morte” — “dead town”
- - general strike was widely observed, leav
ing streets normally choked with traffic bare
and markets empty in this teeming capital of
3.8 million people.
Soldiers kept a low profile, standing at
some key intersectionsand dispersingasmall
crowd that gathered outside the home of
opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, but
there were no clashes like Wednesday, when
tear gas was used to disperse thousands who
marched to protest Mobutu’s 31-year rule.
Public anger toward Mobutu has swelled
with the advance of a rebel army that has
seized nearly half the country since Septem
ber and has vowed to march to Kinshasa and
topple the president.
Rebelleader Laurent Kabilarode through
the streets of Lubumbashi on Monday, greet
ing several thousand supporters three days
after his forces captured the country’s sec
ond-largest city, also the capital of a mineral
rich region.
Cheering crowds yelled out “liberator”
while rebel troops looked on. Kabila thrust
| his fists in the air and waved back.
Many people in Kinshasa say they would
welcome the arrival of Kabila — or just about
| anyone else — if it brought about Mobutu’s
l departure. '
| “We want change. We’re willing to accept
| anyone —even the devil should he arrive — if
it will bring change,” said Willy Kashama,
who stayed home from work to support the
strike.
The strike was called by supporters of
Tshisekedi, the former prime minister who
angered Mobutu and most lawmakers two
weeks ago by firing parliament and scrapping
the constitution the day he took office. Mobutu
responded by firing Tshisekedi and appoint
ing an army general.
After a special Cabinet meeting Monday,
Information Minister Kin-Kiey Mulumba
hinted at more crackdowns, warning that
authorities had been instructed to enforce the
law “scrupulously” and with “full force,” in
cluding a ban on public protests.
Across the Zaire River in the Congolese
capital, Brazzaville, diplomatic efforts were
under way to bring Mobutu and Kabila to the
negotiating table.
Attempts to work out talks havestalled over
both men’s stubbornness.
Mobutu, ailing with prostate cancer, hinted
‘Saturday that he would be willing to talk to
Kabila if the rebel chief “asks politely” for a
meeting.
Kabila’s foreign affairs spokesman,
Bizimana Karaha, responded Sunday by say
ing the rebel leader had no problem meeting
with Mobutu. But, he added, the only thing to
discuss was the timetable for Mobutu’s resig
nation.
Mobutu, whose decades in power have left
Zaire wretchedly poor, refuses Kabila’s de
mand that he step down.
While the European Union issued a state
ment Monday calling for a political rather
than violent solution to the unrest in Zaire,
Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged U.N.
members to press Zairian rebels toimplement
the U.N. peace plan.
Therebels claim to have advanced to within
155 miles of Kinshasa.
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Farrakhan to attend
Philadelphia rally
From page one
Christopher Brinkman, was shot
and killed during a drugstore rob
bery. Two blacks were arrested;
police said the killing was not ra
cially motivated.
The crimes widened a historical
racial divide in the mostly white
working-class South Philadelphia
neighborhood surrounded by over
whelmingly black homes.
Aswhite residents stood on their
steps and on the street with their
backs turned, several white men
held up signs with the names of
slain members of their commu
nity, including Brinkman.
One white woman yelled at the
top of her lungs: “Hold that sign
higher! That’s the real story right
there, babe!”
There were no early reports of
violence at the march, but a small
group of black marchers briefly
broke through the police line and
charged toward a group of taunt
ing white spectators.
The mayor had organized today’s
service at Tindley Temple United
Homicide
From page one
after he died telling her that Fred
Burton was Barney’s executioner.
Someone found “Freddie” before
the police did.
“Ididn’t want it to happen like
this, but justice had been done,”
Ms. Avery told Augusta Focus.
“I used to walk around wonder
ingif every young man I saw was
the one who killed my baby. Now,
I can really put it behind me and
try to go on with my life,” she
said.
But, troubles for the family had
not ended. The previous morning,
Martiese Williams was arrested.
Also arrested were Gregory Gor
don, 19, and Zack Gordon, 21. They
turned themselves in after learn-
Methodist Church as part of a deal
with the local Nation of Islam, -
which in turn dropped its plansto®
march 5,000 black men through '
white sections of Grays Ferry.
Jewishleaders sharply criticized
the Jewish mayor for inviting:.
Farrakhan, citing the minister’s .
history of acerbic remarks against
Jews, Catholics, gays and others.
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia_
declined to participate. i
“I think it is a mistake that the
church won’t be present,”.
Farrakhan said Sunday on NBC’s
“Meet The Press.” “I think it is g _
mistakethat membersof the syna
gogue won’t be present. ... The
church is the bastion of love, but,
all of this hate is coming toward us
out of the church.” .
After the Feb. 23 beating of the .
black family, police arrested two"
white men that night and charged
them with ethnicintimidation and
related charges. .
Blacks complained that only a
fraction of the mob of attackers
had been taken into custody, and
six other white men were arrested
over the next few weeks. ¢
ing that police were searching for
them. All are being held in connec-, R
tion with the murder of Fred Bur
ton.
For Fred Burton, it is too late.;!_
Had the police been able to locate '
him, he might be alive today. But
the police say they really tried.
“Nothing we had would have -
enabled us to prevent the Burton'.
shooting. If Burton is the suspect "
for the Law murder, we didn’t""
have anything to pick him up on.-
All we could do was find him and:*
interview him,” Capt. Ken Autry,
APD investigator, said. A
But, the police were never able:
to find him. The person or persons '/
that did find him conducted their
own interview and were not satis- -»
fied with the answers they heard..