IPID must
investigate police’s use of live ammunition in Barberton
By BRIAN KAJENGO
The DA
absolutely condemns allegations of police using live ammunition to quell a
protest in Emjindini Trust near Barberton
According
to reports, residents blockaded access to the trust early this morning,
allegedly over the municipality’s failure to address their service delivery
demands.
It further
alleged that the police’s Tactical Response Team used live ammunition to quell
the unrest, seriously injuring one person, who reportedly rushed to hospital
with a ripped open abdomen.
Despite
police claims to the contrary, it has reported that empty cartridge cases found
on the scene.
This is yet
another incident in what is fast becoming a national crisis, and all incidences
of police brutality condemned in the strongest possible terms, and those
responsible held to account.
Police mandated
to protect the people of Mpumalanga
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