April 18 — An additional 73,000 soldiers are to be deployed into SA’s streets to enforce lockdown regulations. The defence minister said the initial 3,000 soldiers deployed was simply not enough. SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers patrolled the streets in Yeoville and the inner city, including Hillbrow, Johannesburg at the weekend.
April 21 — A gunman who drove a mock-up police car killed at least 16 people including a police official in a shooting rampage (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/americas/2020-04-20-more-than-15-dead-in-mass-shooting-in-canada/) across Nova Scotia, Canadian federal police said on Sunday, the worst case of its kind in the country’s history. The shooter, identified as Gabriel Wortman, 51, was shot dead by officers after a 12-hour manhunt across the eastern province ended on Sunday morning...
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