It was mayhem at the University of the Witwatersrand on Thursday after police used rubber bullets to disperse protesting students. In what is considered one of the most brutal incidents of force used by police, former Wits Student Representative Council (SRC) president and a leader of the #Feesmustfall movement, Shaeera Kalla was shot 13 times in the back with rubber bullets by police. Kalla, one of multiple protestors who were […]
Police watchdog Ipid will investigate the shooting of former Wits SRC leader Shaeera Kalla with several rubber bullets during a protest on Thursday. “Any police officer found to have contravened the law will be dealt with accordingly. We wish the injured student a speedy recovery,” police spokesperson Brigadier Sally de Beer said in a statement. Kalla wrote on Facebook that she was part of a peaceful protest on the West […]
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