Case against students bust with rifle not placed on court roll: NPA

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The students, a 24-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, were allegedly part of ongoing fees protests in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. They were arrested on Wednesday.

The case against two students who were allegedly found with an illegal high-calibre rifle was not placed on the court roll, the

Police spokesperson Brig Mathapelo Peters said: “It is at this gathering where members observed two students in Stiemens Street carrying an automatic rifle. The officers kept close watch and saw the pair drive off in a vehicle. The car was followed and ultimately stopped by the Johannesburg Flying Squad and the Tactical Response Team in Auckland Park.”

She said the police searched the vehicle and found a Galil, an Israeli-manufactured automatic assault rifle, with a loaded magazine. The pair were expected to appear in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court on two charges of possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition, and possession of a dangerous weapon.NPA spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane said: “We can confirm as the NPA that the case against the two students, who were arrested for being in possession of an alleged rifle, was not placed on the roll pending further investigations.

 

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This is absolutley nonsensical story, a SAPS that tries hard to justify their brutality! Nonsense story. Just implanting students protests into imagination of horrific rebellious force!

Fake students

Leave our Students alone please You plant that thing to disturb their Demands 💔💔💔💔

No one has been injured i dont bilieve this

It's deliberately done to punish them while they spend a long weekend in police cells and hopefully even get some 'confession' implicating someone (EFFSC).

Lies🚮🚮

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Not students just a project to criminalize legitimate demands of real students

We all kmow this is your PR stunt for Cyril failures..

It's a lie...it was just planted

A young lady with a semi automatic machine. When did she learn how to operate that Crane?

Students are allowed to carry such weapons, only the normal citizens are not allowed.

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They wanna kill the students now

This oppression all over again. painting students as criminals by deliberately lying so you can justify the police brutality

Really. Ba tseba jwang hore ke bona?

😂😂😂 State security lies have been exposed 😂😂😂

It was a lie

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