European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 15, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 923 killed in South african violence Johannesburg South Africa apr at least 23 people were killed in bloody attacks in Black townships police said monday including 10 mowed Down by gunmen who stormed a bar and nearby Homes. It was the one of the worst weekends of violence in Johannesburg a Black townships in recent months police said. The killings came despite a peace pact signed last month by most main political groups. Police commanders moved reinforcements into townships monday in an attempt to contain the violence. Heavily armed police in armoured trucks patrolled streets. At least 60 Blacks have been killed in Johannesburg townships since last week after several weeks of relative Calm. Police say they Are unable to explain the upsurge of violence. About 30 unidentified gunmen attacked a bar late sunday night in Soweto township and then shot Down people in nearby Homes killing 10 and wounding four according to police and eyewitnesses. Survivors said the men entered the bar and began firing without uttering a word. After prolonged gunfire a there was this incredible wailing in the night As people rushed out and discovered that relatives had been hit a said a witness. Police col. Tienie Halpryn said the attackers apparently came from a nearby migrant workers Hostel that is a stronghold of the Zulu dominated inkatha Freedom party. He said the Hostel dwellers were angry because police arrested seven of their friends saturday in connection with a killing. Police said no arrests had been made in connection with any of the weekend attacks. The renewed clashes have strained relations Between president . De Klerks government and the african a world tonal Congress the leading Black opposition movement. Most of the township fighting has been Between supporters of the Anc and the inkatha Freedom party. Earlier sunday an Anc member was fatally shot in a confrontation with police in Soweto. Elsewhere police found eight Bullet riddled bodies and reported 12 people injured at three separate Sites in vol torus about 18 Miles Southeast of Johannesburg. An off duty police officer was among those killed. Police reported at least four other deaths in other areas. Military minds meet army Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the . Joint chiefs of staff meets with his soviet counterpart for the first time sunday. Powell was in Vienna Austria where he and Gen. Vladimir n. Lobov discussed the recent american and soviet initiatives to slash their nuclear weapons arsenals. 7 dead after Sicily is deluged with 16 straight hours of rain Enna Sicily apr torrential Rains which caused mudslides and collapsed Bridges in Eastern Sicily were blamed sunday for seven deaths including that of a toddler reportedly swept away by a River of mud. Six people were missing in Sicily after rain came Down without setup for 16 hours starting saturday. State television said the child a 3-year-old, was Tom away from his parents grasp during the storm. Two Young people were killed when a torrent swept their car off a Road. One of the seven victims drowned in deep water and the body  be immediately retrieved because fallen Trees and mud blocked rescuers Way the broadcast said. At least two villages were isolated by the storm including Barr Franca where the Interior ministry reported that six people were missing after the cars in which they were Riding were swept into a canal. Mud Slick stretches of Highway Between the port City of. Messina and Catania the largest City on the East coast of the Island caused that Road to be closed. Sicily was the worst hit by a storm which punished All of the italian Peninsula As Well. Worry shined sunday evening to Tuscany the West Central Region which includes Florence. The Arno River which runs through the City was swollen with Muddy water and at the alarm stage officials reported. Many factories and other businesses in Tuscany reported flooding. In Venice the Sun came out sunday to dry up some of the Lagoon Waters that had flooded the tourist Mecca on saturday. But visitors and natives still waded through ankle deep water in St. Marks Square and other haunts because there weren to enough wooden a a runways Laid across pavement to keep feet above water. Israeli Soldier reportedly kidnapped Beirut Lebanon up a a representative of an islamic fundamentalist group said monday the shadowy organization had kidnapped an israeli Soldier. The Man who contacted an International news Agency in Beirut by Telephone said Hezbollah of Palestine a abducted the israeli Serviceman Yaacoub Samir Ritz  the Man did not say when where or How the israeli Soldier was snatched. A the israeli was kidnapped to Swap him for a num Ber of stragglers in israeli jails a the caller said adding he would Call soon to announce the names of the Arab prisoners the group wants them to be freed. The group Nas recently claimed responsibility for firing rockets from Southern Lebanon on israeli Northern settlements. The claim was made while a . Envoy was reported in Damascus in renewed efforts to find a settlement to free at least eight westerners held in Lebanon for some 350 arabs detained in Israel As Well As five israeli servicemen a or their remains a kept in  spares hands feet of 2 american Brothers from wire reports Peshawar Pakistan a the supreme court on monday threw out an islamic court conviction and spared two american Muslim Brothers sentenced to have their right hands and left feet Cut off for theft. The High court picked apart the prosecutors arguments that Charles Boyd 29, Ana his brother Daniel 23, had robbed $3,200 from a suburban Bank. Most observers thought the punishment would be reduced to a prison term but the justices almost immediately acquitted the Boyd Brothers. The Brothers who live in Pakistan did not attend the hearing the . Consulate said. Throughout the two week trial that ended on sept. 25, both Brothers steadfastly maintained their  has violent night Moscow a six people were killed in overnight violence in Moscow including one in a cafe shootout the Tass news Agency said monday. Anatoly Kalinin the police duty supervisor told Tass there were 35 incidents of robbery and burglary and 25 cars were stolen during the night. Four murder suspects were arrested and seven people suspected of theft were taken into custody he said. In one incident Tass said a fight involving guns and a grenade left one person dead and a foreigner wounded at a cooperative restaurant. A fighting broke out Between customers during a party for soviet and . Cooking experts at the cafe a a Tass said. It did not identify of a a a a Lity. The the wounded foreigner or give his nationality. The dead Man who was not immediately identified was a director of a Moscow technical school the news Agency said. The americans were not further identified and the . Embassy was closed for the Columbus Day Holiday. Panda gives birth in China Beijing a a giant Panda at the Beijing zoo has Given birth to a cub the second Panda born there this year the official Xinhua news Agency reported sunday. Xinhua said the cub named an an was born on aug. 22. The Mother 17-year-old Dai Dai has Given birth to six cubs since 1980, the report added. France traffic deaths up Paris a More than 1,000 persons were killed in automobile accidents in France during the month of August the French government said. The 1,005 persons killed represent a 6.7 percent increase Over August 1990 while the number of those injured in car accidents decreased 3.1 percent compared to August 1990. It was the Erst time in two years that the number of travellers killed on French roads went Over the 1,000 Mark in a single month according to the French transport ministry. The ministry said the number of persons killed on the Road during the 12 months that ended in August was 9,668