Spinal injury keeps student leader Shaeera Kalla in hospital
Former University of Witwatersrand student representative council president Shaeera Kalla remained in hospital on Monday as doctors treated swelling on her spine‚ according to a fellow student activist. Kalla was injured when police fired rubber bullets during skirmishes with #FeesMustFall protesters on Thursday. "Shaeera Kalla remains in hospital," Fasiha Hassan said. "The doctors say they want to keep in her hospital as there is some swelling around her spine. So there are serious concerns, but she will recover and we are confident. "We just need to give her some time to rest and recover‚" said Hassan. Video footage of the moments leading up to the incident shows Kalla holding up her hands and later turning her back and walking away from police before they opened fire with rubber bullets. The doctors said Kalla was shot at a range of between one to three metres, according to Hassan. TMG Digital
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