Leo Williams, (11), is in a critical condition at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town with the bullet still lodged in his head.
An 11-year old boy from St Helena Bay on the West Coast is fighting for his life after protests about land escalated last Friday. Courtesy
ST HELENA BAY, West Coast - An 11-year old boy from St Helena Bay on the West Coast is fighting for his life after protests about land escalated last Friday.This resulted in a war between residents and the police which only ended Monday.Residents of Laingville had been protesting that day about municipal housing and land allocations.
"Between 8pm and 8:30pm, four police officers came past the sports field and apparently changed direction and shot at the house where the boy was. One of the bullets hit his head,” said Thyrone Williams, a Laingville Community leader.The boy is in a critical condition at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town with the bullet still lodged in his head.
Both entrances are blocked by retaliating residents and public order policing from all over the West Coast. Protests about the removal of illegal structures in the Saldanha Bay area have been frequent in the past weeks.
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