Two metro police officers 'assaulted with bricks'

Two metro police officers 'assaulted with bricks'

Two eThekwini metro police officers have been rushed to hospital after they were attacked during a protest in Isipingo. 

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Residents gathered on Monday morning and set fire to debris and tyres on Rana Road.  


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Metro police spokesperson Parbhoo Sewpersad says community members told officers who attended to the protest that they were angry because they didn't have electricity.


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