For the
second time in a week police in Swaziland fired warning gunshots at civilians
during a street protest.
Kombi
drivers and conductors brought traffic to a standstill at Mvutshini on Tuesday
(14 February 2017) by blocking the highway and stopping public transport. They
were protesting about an alleged corrupt traffic police office.
The Swazi Observer reported on Wednesday (15
February 2017) three gun shots were fired in the air by the police ‘after the
conductors attacked a bus fully loaded with passengers on its way to Mbabane,
from Manzini’.
It quoted
one conductor saying, ‘We had to run for our lives, as we didn’t expect shots
to be fired. We thought we were calm and are lucky to have not been shot,’
This was the second time in a week that police fired shots during
civilian protests. On Sunday police
fired warning gunshots as students protested about late payment of their
allowances.
See also
SWAZI POLICE FIRE AT STUDENTS
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POLICE GUNS AGAINST WORKERS
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