Three factory workers shot at a demonstration

Three factory workers shot at a demonstration
Three factory workers shot at a demonstration
Nthatuoa Koeshe
IN another brazen show of police heavy-handedness, officers in Maseru shot at protesters with rubber bullets at the Thetsane industrial area leaving three hospitalised.
The three injured men were rushed to Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital where they are being treated.
The victims were part of a group of protesters who gathered at the factories yesterday morning to demand salary increments. Hundreds of factory workers yesterday downed tools and blocked roads in the area prompting the police to fire rubber bullets to disperse them.
National police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Mpiti Mopeli said the police had no option but to fire rubber bullets at the protestors as they were blocking other employees from entering their companies’ premises.

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