COSATU KZN condemns shooting and arrests of protesters 19-06-07

 

MEDIA STATEMENT

SHOOTING AND ARREST OF PROTESTERS

COSATU KZN condemns the shooting and arrest of SADTU members by private security combatants and police outside Westville Boys High School in Westville today on 21 June 2007.

We appeal to police and the army to protect picketers, not to see them as criminals who must be shot at. We believe the police should be protecting community members who are always robbed, raped and murdered by criminals not to shoot at unarmed protesters.

ISSUED BY: PROVINCIAL SECRETARY (COSATU KZN)

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