Six more people have died in clashes between two groups of a southern Sudanese tribe living in Khartoum. The clashes, which first broke out last Saturday, had already resulted in the deaths of three men from the Nuer tribe. Though police managed to rein in the clashes Tuesday, they flared anew Wednesday and raised the death toll to nine. The clashes caused panic among residents of the area, where cars and shops were damaged and looting broke out. A total of 449 people were arrested. The battle stemmed from a quarrel last week between two members of the tribe living as displaced persons outside Khartoum, in which one man broke the other's teeth. The plaintiff, who was apparently unsatisfied with the fine handed down by a tribal tribunal, attacked the defendant shortly after the verdict was delivered. Relatives of the two men joined in the fight, attacking each other with spears, iron bars, knives and canes.
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