NBC Nightly News open - 1993-04-14

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[0:01] The bad old days return to South Africa.

[0:03] Rage and death and protest. A juror in

[0:06] the Rodney King beating trial needs

[0:08] medical attention. Ohio inmates threaten

[0:11] to kill a guard if their demands aren't

[0:13] met. And in Waco, David Korish's latest

[0:16] scenario for surrender.

[0:20] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Bro.

[0:25] >> Good evening. South Africa tonight is

[0:27] again wondering whether it can survive

[0:29] the rage that divides that nation, black

[0:31] and white. Today, South Africa was at

[0:33] war with itself. Mass demonstrations

[0:35] against the murder of a black leader

[0:37] exploded into deadly riots. At least six

[0:39] people were killed. NBC's Keith Miller

[0:42] in South Africa tonight. This is the

[0:44] white minority's worst nightmare, and it

[0:46] happened in broad daylight.

[0:50] Hundreds of blacks broke away from a

[0:52] protest march and went on a rampage in

[0:54] Cape Town.

[0:56] It was like this in at least five other

[0:58] cities as a national strike in Day of

[1:00] Mourning for the murdered black leader

[1:02] Chris Hani went out of control. South

[1:05] African president de clerk went on

[1:06] nationwide television announcing the

[1:08] government would resort to emergency

[1:10] powers to deal with the violence.

[1:13] >> Nelson Mandela, president of the ANC

[1:16] addressed a rally in Suto only to be

[1:19] booed when he passed along condolences

[1:21] from the whiteun government.

[1:26] Suddenly during a march to a police

[1:28] station in Suto, police opened fire.

[1:36] >> At least three people died here and

[1:38] hundreds were injured in the stampede to

[1:40] escape the gunfire.

[1:42] In other cities, however, tens of

[1:44] thousands of people marched peacefully.

[1:47] The ANC estimated that more than a

[1:49] million and a half people took to the

[1:50] streets. An estimated 80% of the

[1:53] workforce obeyed the call to strike. We

[1:55] are very angry. We are bitter. We are

[1:58] bleeding. But we are saying to our

[2:00] people, be careful.

[2:02] You listen to your leaders.

[2:05] >> Today's violence comes at a critical

[2:06] time for South Africa. Political leaders

[2:09] are a week away from opening final

[2:11] negotiations to lead the country to a

[2:13] multi-racial democracy. But the failure

[2:16] of black leaders to control their

[2:17] followers has damaged their credibility.

[2:21] And tonight, many white South Africans

[2:23] watching these images are wondering if

[2:25] the move toward democracy will bring

[2:27] even greater threats to peace and

[2:29] security. Keith Miller, NBC News,

[2:33] Johannesburg.

[2:34] >> In Bosnia tonight, the shock of the

[2:36] latest Serb atrocity there still have

[2:38] not worn off. The artillery attacks on

[2:41] children and refugees in the Muslim city

[2:43] of Subernicha are being widely

[2:45] condemned. Almost no one believes the

[2:47] Serb claims that the Muslims fired

[2:49] first. The BBC's Kate 80 in Tusla where

[2:52] the survivors were taken.

[2:56] >> The Tusla hospital is dealing with 23

[2:58] seriously injured children from

[3:00] Srebinitza. Nearly all were in the

[3:02] playground of the school which served as

[3:04] their home when a shell fell among them.

[3:07] The boys were playing football when the

[3:09] shell exploded. 14-year-old Seyad

[3:12] Beckovvich has been blinded in both

[3:14] eyes.

[3:15] The shelling went on for an hour. The

[3:18] road by the playground was strewn with

[3:20] bodies. Aisha Babich was in the school.

[3:26] >> The shell exploded and injured me. She

[3:28] says she has shrapnel in her back.

[3:32] The Potat sisters are in satisfactory

[3:34] condition. Yasna hurt in chest and

[3:36] shoulder. Yasm mean in her chest and

[3:38] leg.