TshwaneShutdown: Sitole calls for calm in Soshanguve after death of protesters
DURBAN - National police commissioner general Khehla Sitole has called for calm following the death of two protestors in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria.
"When the police responded to the scene, they were attacked and one of the members sustained gunshot wounds to both his legs. The member was taken to hospital and is reported to be in a stable condition," said the statement. "The protesters proceeded to a house in Extension 5 where they broke in and stole musical equipment and set the house alight. The police responded and discovered the body of a 30-year-old man across the street from the burnt house," read the statement.
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