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'Rhino poachers' shot dead in South Africa (BBC)

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Five suspected rhino poachers have been shot dead in South Africa's biggest game park in the last four days.

Park officials say that three suspects were killed in a shootout with police in the Pretoriuskop area of the Kruger National Park on Tuesday.

Another two were killed near the border with Mozambique on Saturday.

In 2010, 333 rhinos were shot in South Africa for their horns, which are sold in the black market for medicine and aphrodisiacs in Asia.

The figure represents a rise of about 10% from the previous year.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12174883

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