European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes wednesday september 11, 1991toll in s. African violence reaches 92 Johannesburg South Africa apr Black factional violence raged again tuesday As gangs with guns and knives attacked helpless commuters on trains and buses raising the three Day death toll to at least 92, officials said. The wave of killing was the worst this year. It comes before saturdays scheduled signing of a peace pact to end fighting Between Black groups that has claimed 6,000 lives since 1986. Black leaders said they would go ahead with the signing though similar agreements have failed to bring peace. The violence has hampered talks with the government of president . De Klerk toward ending White Rule. Most of the fighting pitted people linked to the inkatha Freedom party against members of the african National Congress. The two sides both oppose apartheid but Are divided by tribal and ideological differences. The conservative inkatha led by mangos thu but Elezi is mainly Zulu and backs free Market policies. The leftist Anc of Nelson Mandela consists of xhosa and favors More government control. Police said 84 people had been killed in the Johannesburg area and eight died during three Days of fighting in Natal. More than 100 people have also been wounded since the fighting began. Heavily armed army patrols and police in armoured vehicles tuesday moved through Black townships ringing Johannesburg. Some residents stayed Home to guard their property and avoid trouble in the streets. Police patrols encountered scattered gunfire and were pelted with rocks in Soweto township police spokesman maj. Reg Crewe said. Police declared four Johannesburg townships a unrest areas a which gives authorities expanded Powers in dealing with violence. Police said new fighting erupted in Soweto township tuesday when gunmen opened fire on people at Dube station. Three women were slain As they headed for work. People were also attacked at bus stops police said. At least three persons were stabbed to death tuesday on commuter trains that bring Blacks into Johannesburg from the townships. Six Blacks were stabbed and wounded when they tried to get off a train at a station in Soweto police said. Trains and bus stops Are favorite targets for attacks in township violence. People crammed into trains or buses or waiting at stations Are unable to run when gangs attack. 4 More scouts earn Eagle rank by the stars and stripes the following boy scouts have joined the ranks of the Eagle scouts the highest award in boy scouting. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. The new Eagle scouts and their projects Are a Ryan Murphy 18. The son of come. Sgt. Maj. George and Jan Murphy Ryan is a senior at Heidelberg High school in Germany. He gathered phone numbers from hospitals police departments and adar a German automobile club and printed the numbers on an emergency Telephone number card he designed. He then helped to Cut and distribute 10,000 of the cards. Ryan has been involved in scouting for 10 years and is a member of troop 1 in Heidelberg. A David t. Lynch 17. The son of come. Sgt. Maj. Ronald and Shirley Lynch David will be a senior at Wurzburg High school in Germany this year. He organized a food drive in the Kitzinger military Community to provide food baskets for needy families during the Holiday season. More than 2,000 goods were collected to fill More than 300 food baskets which were distributed by the local army Community service. David is a member of troop 135 in Kitzinger and has been involved in scouting for 9 years. A Bradley Evans 17. The son of Steve and Gail Evans Brad will be a senior this year at Munich High school in Germany. He coordinated and managed a Christmas toy drive in which nearly 200 toys were collected. The toys were Given to two Day care centers at the Munich International refugee Center. Brad is a member of troop 703 in Munich and has been involved in scouting for nine years. A Fred Sheffield 15. The son of sgt. 1st class James and Mitzi Sheffield Fred will be a Sophomore this year at Frankfurt High school in Germany. He supervised the collection and disposal of outdated prescription drugs in the Darmstadt Community. Fred is a member of troop 65 in Darmstadt and has been involved in scouting for 5 years. Hanau officer s wife 27, found dead in apartment Hanau Germany a military officials Are investigating the death of an officers wife who was pronounced dead in the family apartment aug. 26. Cathlyn m. Brewer Strain 27, was found by a neighbor. She died of an apparent 12-gauge Shotgun wound according to a statement from the Hanau military Community. The Torrance calif., native is survived by her husband 1st it. Christopher l. Strain of he Btry 3rd in 20th Field arty in Hanau. Criminal investigations come investigators Are awaiting results of forensic reports and have not yet determined whether the death was a suicide. Georgian Leader forming army As friction with Russia grows Moscow a Georgia a nationalist oriented president has ordered formation of an army in the ethnically torn Republic As neighbouring Russia condemned his government for human rights violations the official Tass news Agency reported monday. Those developments spotlighted signs of the growing tension Between republics a arid Between ethnic groups within the republics a that have suddenly mushroomed with the soviet unions fragmentation following last months failed Kremlin coup. President Oviad Gamsa Hurdia issued a decree monday creating a georgian defense ministry. It is charged with forming the army and supplying equipment to the National guard which is to be under his direct control Tass said. Georgian militants on monday attacked the City of ask Heinvali in South Ossetia where a conflict has raged for months involving local residents who seek to secede from Georgia. Georgian troops were armed with Large Caliper machine guns grenade launchers and missiles. Georgia seeks to break away from the soviet Union. South Ossetia a mostly Muslim Region bordering Russia has accused Georgia of discrimination. Tension heightened in Georgia a capital of Tbilisi last week when demonstrators were on the Street for five straight Days protesting what they called Gam Sak Hurdia a dictatorial policies. Some 20 people were injured when police opened fire on the crowd sept. 2. Protesters on monday again called for Gamsa Hurdia to resign. The decree on the military also accused a senior georgian National guard officer Tengiz Kito Vani of trying to organize a coup against Gamsa Hurdia. Tass quoted Kito Vani As saying a the guard is with the people and will not allow new  Tass quoting the georgian news Agency Saki form said officers and men were ordered Back to the Barracks. No time Frame for the events was provided. The russian lawmakers said they were concerned that the events in South Ossetia a do not fit the civilized notions of the Observance of human rights including the rights of ethnic  the lawmakers said observers should be posted in Georgia to protect minority rights. Georgia land 27,000 Square Miles. High mountains in the North and warm coastal climate. Population 5 5 million mostly georgian. Economy agriculture and mining. History became part of the russian Empire in 1800 won Independence in 1918, Only to be forcibly absorbed into the soviet Union in 1921. Current status on March 31, 98 percent of georgian voters cast ballots endorsing Independence from the soviet Union. Flag National Flag of the Republic of Georgia. Violence across Croatia kills 11, including 2 army officers Belgrade Yugoslavia apr eleven people were killed in scattered violence overnight in the croatian Republic including two army officers who died in a car bomb blast reports said tuesday. Rebel serbs also launched another mortar attack on a main croatian stronghold. The renewed violence came one Day after croatian authorities declared a curfew in an apparent Effort to exert control Over territories held by the serbs. But the move appeared to have Little effect. Croatian defense forces and members of the serb minority opposed to the republics secession have been embroiled in fierce fighting since croatian declared Independence june 25. More than 300 people have been killed. In the Baranda Region in Northeast Croatia a truck carrying serb guerrillas hit a land mine killing three of them. In the ensuing firefight with croatian guardsmen another serb was killed and eight were injured Belgrade radio reported. The strategic croatian stronghold of Osieck 100 Miles West of Belgrade was shelled heavily from the direction of Baranda which is controlled by the serbs the Tan Jug news Agency reported. About 30 mortar shells were fired and some hit the City Center and residential areas Tan Jug said. The croatian news Agency Hina said one Woma was killed and at least two people were injured in the latest in a series of attacks on the City of 130,000. Take Orijel iter of crop t a european Community sponsored cease fire signed by All parties ther last week. That followed of an dec brokered cease fir signed earlier by the leaders of All six republics. The travelled to the Hague Netherlands on saturday a the Start of a peace conference. Working sessions begin thursday. I on monday Croatia a Interior ministry declared curfew from 11 . To 5 . In 29 municipalities i the crisis regions the first curfews in Croatia sine world War ii. In the croatian Adriatic City of Zadar two Feden army officers were killed late monday when a car bom exploded in front of an air Force base the army said. Croatian guardsmen were killed in Ove migh fighting m the nearby Village of Kru Sevo Hina said. More overnight fighting in Croatia was reported i the towns of to Stanica on the Border with the re pub lie of Bosnia Herzegovina and Pankrac in the ethnically mixed Slavonia Region claiming two More victims