Dozens of Eswatini nurses shot during protest
By DW
22 October 2021 |
4:55 pm
Emergency crews in Eswatini help people who were injured during pro-democracy protests, in which at least one person died and 80 others were injured. Eswatini security forces used live ammunition to break up a pro-democracy protest by nurses, shooting at least 30 of them, their union says.
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