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Casspir

Explanation
police riot-control and combat vehicle

Was severely beaten by members of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force in Leeuwfontein, near Zeerust, Tvl, on 1 July 1989. There was unrest in the area after residents set a Casspir on fire and nine Bophuthatswana Police force members died.
An ANCYL member who died after being run over by a Casspir driven by members of the CDF in KwaMasele, near King William`s Town, Cape, on 9 January 1992.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Dlamini, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 17 June 1976 in the wake of the Soweto uprising. Mr Nkambule was shot when members of the SAP patrolling the township in a Casspir opened fire.
Was shot in the back of the head and killed was shot in the back of the head by members of the SAP driving a Casspir in Khuma, Stilfontein, Tvl, on 28 February 1986 during clashes between residents and police.
A member of the Bophuthatswana Police who was burnt to death when the Casspir he was driving in was set alight in Braklaagte, Bophuthatswana, on 1 July 1989. The incident occurred during violent opposition to the presence of security forces in Braklaagte and conflict over the incorporation of ...
A COSAS supporter who was shot dead on 15 October 1985 in Zola, Soweto, Johannesburg, allegedly by members of the SADF, one of whom is named. He was walking with a friend discussing soccer when the perpetrators emerged from a patrolling Casspir and shot at them
Was shot dead by members of the SADF in Mofolo North, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 17 February 1988 during the state of emergency. The soldiers chased him in a Casspir, broke down a door in his home and shot him.
A UDF supporter who was shot dead by a member of the SAP at a communal tap in the street in Port Elizabeth on 1 April 1985. The police claimed that the victim had been throwing stones at a police Casspir.
He lost an eye after members of the SAP in a Casspir opened fire on demonstrators in Zola, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 16 June 1976. See Soweto uprising.
Was severely beaten by a member of the SAP Riot Unit in Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal, in September 1989, and then placed under arrest for a day on a charge of stoning a Casspir.
Was thrown out of a moving Casspir, tortured, and whipped on his genitals by members of the ISU in Kagiso, Transvaal, on 16 June 1986. They accused him of stoning cars and burning shops and houses in the township.
A member of the East London Youth Congress who was seriously injured when the vehicle in which he was travelling was run over, allegedly deliberately, by a police Casspir in September 1985 in Duncan Village, East London. See Duncan Village.
A UDF supporter who died when he was shot and a Casspir was driven over his head by members of the SADF and SAP during intense public unrest in Duncan Village, East London, on 14 August 1985.
... Railway Police on 16 October 1985 during the Trojan Horse incident, Cape Town in Athlone. After the shooting, named police dragged Mr Jeenah into a Casspir where he was repeatedly kicked. He was later acquitted of all charges against him. See Trojan Horse incident, Athlone. . ...
Was injured when she was run over by a South African Defence Force (SADF) Casspir in Zeerust, Transvaal, on 1 July 1989 during resistance by the Mokgala community to their inclusion into Bophuthatswana. She was seven months pregnant at the time. She gave birth to a stillborn baby several weeks ...
 
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