Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Police fire rubber bullets to evict squatters

A confrontation in Ravensmead turned ugly early on Tuesday when police opened fire with rubber bullets at about 300 people living in an unused school building when they refused to be evicted.

Ravensmead Community Police Forum chairperson Tommy Klein alleged police did not arrive peacefully and that they fired several rubber bullets, injuring four people, at the Florida Primary School.

One, Johannes Bastian, a member of the police forum, was badly injured by a bullet that struck him in the face, he said. Klein said Bastian was in Tygerberg Hospital, having an operation. - Cape Times

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