South African court rules apartheid police assaulted Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli, causing his death

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A South African court ruled Albert Luthuli's 1967 death was an assault by apartheid police, overturning the previous accidental finding. The ruling states Luthuli died from a fractured skull and cerebral hemorrhage associated with an assault, not a train accident as previously concluded. This decision is part of renewed efforts to deliver justice for apartheid-era crimes, following investigations into other prominent anti-apartheid figures.


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