Albert Luthuli: South Africa re-opens inquest into Nobel laureate's death

The official ruling - that Albert Luthuli died in an accident in 1967, has long been queried by his family.

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A 1967 inquest ruled that Chief Albert Luthuli was walking on a railway line when he was struck by a train and died after fracturing his skull.

Activists and his family have long cast doubt on the official version of events, and have said they welcomed the re-opening of the inquest.

Luthuli, who at the time of his death was the leader of the then-banned African National Congress (ANC), won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for spearheading the fight against apartheid.

The ANC went on to lead the struggle against white-minority rule and came to power in 1994, following the first democratic elections.

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