Protesting Fishermen Demand Meeting With South African Minister

A 14-year-old child has been shot in the mouth with a rubber bullet and patrons at Hout Bay's popular Mariner's Wharf were assaulted during protests by Hangberg fishermen who demonstrated against looming fishing quotas.

Police and residents of Hangberg clashed in Hout Bay.

The confrontations carried on into the evening with police firing rubber bullets...

... One of which hit 14-year-old Ona Dubula whose injuries were tended to by his mother, Pinkie.

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