Residents protest death of woman
ALEXANDRA - The death of a young woman last week allegedly at the hands of the police led to a protest by a small group of residents at the Alexandra police station yesterday.
The death of a young woman last week allegedly at the hands of the police led to a protest by a small group of residents at the Alexandra police station yesterday.
The woman Aphiwe Zweni is said to have died from injuries sustained from beatings allegedly by police who were looking for her boyfriend for alleged illegal possession of firearms and stolen property.
The group with placards and hurling their anger demanded to know why she had been assaulted leading to her death. Zweni is survived by a one and half year old child and the protestors demanded to know who would maintain the child. One of the protesters said they had expressed their anger at the conduct of the police who should also come to apologize to the family of the deceased.
Police did did not attend to them (protesters) but its understood from statement by the Democratic Alliance that the matter is under investigation by the Independent Police Investigation Directorate, a watch dog body over police conduct.
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