The city has reached settlements with relatives of two members of the radical MOVE group who were killed when police bombed their fortified row house.
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Under the agreements reached earlier this month, the city will pay more than $500,000 each to the estates of MOVE founder John Africa and Frank James Africa, who were among 11 people found dead after the city's confrontation with the group in 1985.After an exchange of gunfire, officers dropped a bomb from a helicopter onto the roof of the MOVE house. The bomb, intended to open a hole for tear gas, started a fire that destroyed 61 other homes.