CAPE TOWN, South Africa Police fired tear gas into a churchSaturday to disperse peaceful mourners who defied police restrictionsto honor two black anti-apartheid activists killed last month in abomb blast.
The Rev. Richard O'Rourke said police used dozens of canistersof tear gas to break up the traditional post-funeral meal attended byabout 500 people at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Bonteheuwel, amixed-race area outside Cape Town.
"The people couldn't get out of the church so they broke downthe emergency doors and came into (an adjoining) house," O'Rourkesaid. "Every time the people tried to go out, they were beaten backtime and time again."
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