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By Sihle Mlambo 
5h ago
Johannesburg – The Independent Police Investigation Directorate (Ipid) said late Friday that it had decided to arrest two policemen in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Nathaniel Julius.
In a brief statement, Ipid spokeswoman Ndileka Cola said that the police watchdog had made the decision to “carefully consider the available evidence.”
“The couple will be charged with murder and possibly defeating the ends of justice. The two members of the South African Police Service are attached to the Eldorado Park Crime Prevention Unit.
“More details on the case will only be available once the couple has appeared in Protea Magistrates Court,” Cola said.
Earlier on Friday, Police Minister Bheki Cele visited Eldorado Park, where he met the family of the deceased teenager.
He was confronted by angry community members, who chanted slogans and demanded the release of four community leaders who were arrested on Thursday and charged with public violence following violent protests between the angry community and the police.
Earlier, Ipid Director Jennifer Tlatseng told the media that Nathaniel was not killed by a police officer known as “Scorpion.”
The police officer identified as Scorpion had been singled out as the shooter on social media.
Tlatseng said a ballistic report confirmed that the police officer known as Scorpion did not pull the trigger that claimed the teenager’s life.
After the teenager with Down syndrome was shot, he was allegedly left at Chris Hani-Baragwanath Academic Hospital, where he died.
Apparently, the police officers were frustrated with their answers to their questions. According to the family, he had been in a store buying cookies at the time.
President Cyril Ramaphosa also sent his condolences to the family on Friday.
“My thoughts and prayers go out to Nathaniel’s family and neighbors, who, at 16, has been deprived of a future and whose tragic death has generated anger and unrest in a community that deserves better,” he said. .
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