South Africa: 11 die in initiation rites

Published June 26, 2014 2:23pm ET



JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says 11 young men have died so far this year in botched circumcision rituals that have killed hundreds in past years.

The government said in a statement Thursday that seven of the deaths in the current initiation season happened in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province.

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