SOUTH AFRICA: STATE VOWS TOUGH ACTION IN PRISON OFFICIALS’ ATTACK

Tue 13 July 2021:

The Department of Correctional Services says an attack on two officials at Durban Correctional Centre was thwarted this morning.

The two officials were stabbed by remand detainees during unlock.

The department says the incident is opportunistic and warns that it will not be tolerated.

“An attack on two officials at Durban Correctional Centre has been thwarted.

The two correctional officials were stabbed this morning by remand detainees during unlock.” @DOJCD_ZA pic.twitter.com/Ci6dI6kg8L

— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) July 13, 2021

“The remandees behind this barbaric act have been identified and they will face disciplinary processes and be criminally charged.

“We shall never be apologetic about our resolve to restore order within the means available to us whenever the State is attacked,” the department said.

The department says it will unleash the necessary force against those who attack its officials.

– SAnews.gov.za | FILE PHOTO

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