Several dozens killed, over 1200 arrested following imprisonment of former South African leader Jacob Zuma
CBS News - Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 at 6:25 PM
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Police in South Africa have said that over 1,200 arrests have been made and 72 people killed in the chaos that followed the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma according to a CBS report.
In a police statement on Tuesday, police Major General Mathapelo Peters attributed most of the deaths to stampedes that occurred during ongoing looting of businesses.
Reports indicate that the police needed to call in reinforcements from the military as they were completely outnumbered by protesters and rioters during the unrest.
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Death toll climbs to 72 in S Africa riots
JOHANNESBURG (AP) The death toll climbed to 72 from rioting Tuesday in South Africa, with many people trampled to death during looting at stores, as police and the military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to try to halt the unrest set off by the imprisonment last week of former President Jacob Zuma.
Jul. 13 2021 @ 11:05pm
Metro police take aim on people who took part in a protest, at a shopping centre in Soweto, near Johannesburg Tuesday July 13, 2021. South Africa s rioting continued Tuesday with the death toll rising to 32 as police and the military struggle to quell the violence in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The violence started in various parts of KwaZulu-Natal last week when Zuma began serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
The death toll climbed to 72 from rioting in South Africa on Tuesday, with many people trampled to death during looting at stores, as police and the military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to try to halt the unrest set off by the imprisonment last week of former President Jacob Zuma. More than 1,200 people have been arrested in the lawlessness that has raged in poor areas of two provinces, where a community radio station was ransacked and forced off the air Tuesday and some COVID-19 vaccination centres were closed, disrupting urgently needed inoculations. Many of the deaths in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces occurred in chaotic stampedes as thousands of people stole food, electric appliances, liquor and clothing from stores, police Maj. Gen. Mathapelo Peters said in a statement Tuesday night.
Senate Democrats announce $3.5 trillion budget agreement
WASHINGTON (AP) â Senate Democrats announced Tuesday that they have reached a budget agreement among themselves that envisions spending an enormous $3.5 trillion over the coming decade. The fiscal plan would pave the way for Democrats drive to direct a huge pool of federal resources at climate change, health care and family-service programs sought by President Joe Biden.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced the accord flanked by all 11 Democrats on the chamberâs budget committee after a two-hour evening meeting that capped weeks of bargaining among party leaders, progressives and moderates.
The agreement is a major step in Democrats drive to turn Biden s effort to bolster an economy that was ravaged by the pandemic and set it on a course for long-term growth. Separately, bipartisan senators have been working toward another measure that would spend around $1 trillion on roads, water systems and
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Senate Democrats reach $3.5 trillion budget agreement
WASHINGTON (AP) Senate Democrats announced late Tuesday that they’d reached a budget agreement envisioning spending an enormous $3.5 trillion over the coming decade, paving the way for their drive to pour federal resources into climate change, health care and family-service programs sought by President Joe Biden.
The accord marks a major step in the party’s push to meet Biden’s goal of bolstering an economy that was ravaged by the pandemic and setting it on course for long-term growth and includes a Medicare expansion of vision, hearing and dental benefits for older Americans, a goal of progressives.