A year after Leo Williams (9) was fatally injured when a police rubber bullet struck his head on 31 July 2020, no one has yet been arrested.
Leo had been playing with friends inside a corrugated iron structure where he lives in St Helena Bay while a violent protest took place in the streets outside. A rubber bullet fired by police penetrated the structure and slammed into Leo’s head.
Residents from Laingville in St Helena Bay on the West Coast, Western Cape, held a commemoration service on Saturday, 31 July for Leo Williams. (Photo: Supplied)
He was rushed to hospital, but doctors were unable to remove the rubber bullet as it was too close to his brain. Leo died on Monday, 17 August 2020. Doctors removed the rubber bullet during an autopsy.
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A 30-year-old man was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a 16-month old baby boy in Heidelberg on Wednesday.
The infant was found unharmed in a concealed compartment in a shack.
Police say the toddler sustained minor bruises to his body.
A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a 16-month-old baby boy in Heidelberg in the Western Cape.
Police said the child was snatched on Monday morning, following a domestic dispute between his mother and her ex- boyfriend at their home in Dollo Squire.
According to police, the suspect allegedly threatened the 17-year-old mother before fleeing with the child into the bushes.