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3 Jul 2017

Author:
Jacaranda FM (South Africa)

So. Africa: PRASA security guard and community member killed during community protest

"Two killed in Klipspruit protest", 27 June 2017

An employee from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and a community member have died during a community protest in Klipspruit...Police spokesperson Kay Makhubele says the Prasa employee was beaten and stoned to death, while the community member was allegedly shot by the company's security guards..."Community members from the Holomisa informal settlement in Klipspruit were protesting and they decided to go and protest at the railway line...Prasa security guards then chased the protesting community away. During that commotion, community members were shot at.  One was killed while another was taken to hospital...The community chased after the two security guards where a guard was cornered. The guard was beaten up and stoned...[and he]...died on the scene"...