A 7.5g rubber bullet was removed from Leo’s brain during an autopsy in Cape Town.
A rubber bullet removed from the brain of nine-year-old Laingville, St Helena Bay boy Leo Williams will indicate the type of weapon used on Friday 31 July during violent protest action. The boy and his friends had played and were watching TV in his uncle’s corrugated iron structure. Leo sustained a head wound. The structure was riddled with eight holes.
On Saturday 22 August, community leader Thyrone Williams, with the blessing of aunty Cathy, held a meeting in Laingville where he informed the community of the progress of Ipid’s investigation as well the series of memorial services planned for the week. He told them the family felt it was important the entire community was kept abreast of the state of affairs.
Ipid is expected to report back on Wednesday 2 September on the action to be taken, Williams said. He has given Ipid seven days to make sure that at least one or two people are apprehended in connection with the death of Leo. “I asked him just to open one of his eyes, but he wasn’t able to do that. On Saturday I will deliver his tribute even if my tears run to the ground,” she said.
At the time of the shooting, the Range residents were protesting and had used burning tyres to barricade roads.
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