South African police have claimed they foiled a plot by right-wing Afrikaner extremists targeting an African National Congress (ANC) conference attended by President Jacob Zuma and dozens of top government officials.
Four men aged between 40 and 50 were arrested on Sunday. A police spokesman said there was evidence they were planning terror acts around the country and not just at the ANC meeting in the central city of Bloemfontein.
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