Rubber bullets fired as Westbury protests continue
Updated | By Jacaranda FM News
Violent protests continued in Westbury, west Johannesburg, on Monday.
![Westbury Shutdown](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/Westbury_Police.width-800.png)
Residents barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks from the early hours of the morning.
#WestburyShutdown A standoff between residents and police continues. pic.twitter.com/Kf87s77Ok7
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) 1 October 2018
Residents took to the streets on Friday after a woman was killed by an stray bullet outside the Rahimsa Moosa Hospital. Her 10-year-old daughter was also wounded during the incident.
Protesters have blamed the latest killing to the escalating gang turf war in the area.
Police spokesperson Kay Makhubela says protesters threw a petrol bomb at a Nyala.
"Police are pushing them away by using rubber bullets and tear gas," says Makhubela.
Makhubela says no arrests have been made and police are monitoring the situation.
#WestburyShutdown Protesters now coming from a different direction. pic.twitter.com/bnAKp9Qx6g
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) 1 October 2018
#WestburyShutdown Police have apprehended a suspect. pic.twitter.com/yZ1g9KwwGq
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) 1 October 2018
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