Police shoot, dump victim

One bullet went in through his back, passed within millimeters of his spine, and missed his heart by less than a centimeter.  Another went through his chest, a couple of centimetres above his heart.  But it was not Bapi’s day to die; as yet another bullet went clean through his front windscreen, passing less than a centimeter of his head. Bapi and his family are however dismayed by the attitude of the police following the shooting.

“I was coming from prayer at Mahatlane hill near BDF camp and decided to use the Mogoditshane Block 9 gravel road. A white van, which I think was a Nissan was parked by the roadside. As I passed, it flashed its lights for me to stop. Thinking the occupants could be criminals I did not stop. But then I realised from my rear-view mirror that the vehicle was coming after me.