Fatal Police Shooting of South African Teen With Down Syndrome Sparks Protests

JOHANNESBURG—The fatal police shooting of a South African teen has sparked protests and demands for modifications to how law enforcement operates in the place, which has amongst the optimum concentrations of violent crime in the globe and a significant selection of killings by police each and every yr.

Nathaniel Julius, a 16-yr-aged boy with Down syndrome, was shot near to his residence in a Johannesburg township Wednesday evening on his return from a nearby keep, his mom and community associates instructed South African media.

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