Cape Town residents clash with riot police over illegally erected shacks

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  • 4 years ago
Police used rubber bullets and stun grenades on Tuesday (April 21) in violent clashes with residents of Khayelitsha, Cape Town's largest township.

The clashes erupted after security forces demolished a number of shacks illegally built on open ground during a nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus.

At least two people were arrested.

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