South Africa: Cop Guilty of Murdering Protesters

A former police officer who opened fire with live ammunition on a group of protesters in Mothutlung in North West two years ago was on Thursday convicted in the High Court in Pretoria on three charges of murder.

Judge Lettie Molopa found that former Klipgat public order policeman Warrant Officer Hyde Mophosho had used banned SSG ammunition when he fired shots into a group of Mothutlung residents protesting about water shortages in January 2014.

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