Pupil Realto van Wyk, 20, injured by 'stray bullet' during police-shooting
2011-10-07 Journalist Anena Burger of Volksblad reports that Realto van Wyk, a recent matriculant of the Afrikaans High School A J Ferreira, was shot in the back by a stray bullet when the police fired at a crowd outside Club DVD in Rosedale, Upington.
"I know the bullet was not meant for me specifically but the police should have issued a warning before they just started shooting,' he said from his Kimberley hospital bed.There's 50% chance that he will never play soccer again due to the injury - a game he's very fond of. Doctors said they will attempt to increase his chances with physiotherapy.Realto said he and a friend 'were a reasonably long distance away from the crowd' and walking away when the bullet struck him.
"I think this hooting was entirely unnecessary. Police have managed public violence in the past without having to fire bullets at people,' he said.
He had dreams of becoming a chef and to continue his promising soccer-career, he said. - Volksblad
http://www.volksblad.com/NoordKaap/Nuus/Leerling-hartseer-nie-kwaad-oor-koeel-in-rug-20111007
