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Four men killed over outcome of stick-fighting game


 Four men have been killed over the outcome of a stick-fighting game in Bojini village, Willowvale, in the Eastern Cape.

Police captain Jackson Manatha says 43 year-old Zola Vova won a game of ikhaba or stick-fighting with a 21-year-old at the weekend.

The younger man drew a knife and stabbed Vova, who died on the scene.

Manatha says youths from Vova's location went to call for back-up.

The returned later and attacked everyone at the homestead, killing three people.

Police arrested the 21-year-old and five youths aged 16 and 17 and recovered four pangas used in the killings.

The six will appear in the Willowvale Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.