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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Lieutenant Tengetile Khumalo, the Spokesperson of that Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force(UEDF) says unknown people in army uniform are on the loose,shooting civilians in the midst of the political unrest.<\/b><\/p>\n

This comes amid reports suggesting that soldiers were deployed to stage roadblocks and further shoot civilians during protests.<\/p>\n

But in a public statement sent to this Swaziland News by the office of the Army Spokesperson, Lieutenant Khumalo denied that soldiers were shooting civilians.<\/p>\n

Khumalo further warned those who abused social media by posting pictures of soldiers and accuse them of shooting civilians.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has come to the attention of the Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force that certain miscreant individuals are taking advantage of the current situation by misusing social media platforms to pepertrate violence against some members of the (UEDF) , because of personal differences.This has been observed in various occassions that have been on going.There is a tendency of spreading untrue identification of the soldiers on the duration of a particular operation for reason known to them.Pictures of our members are posted,untruthfully associated and alligned with serious accusations among others of shooting incidents while they were not part of that particular days of operation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Army Spokesperson warned Swazis about people who masqueraded as soldiers deployed by the Defense Force on particular operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn another note, it is equally imperative and noted with great concernment also to caution emaSwati on those who masquerade as soldiers and deployed by the UEDF on particular operations in full gazetted army gear,\u201d reads the statement in part released by the Army PRO.<\/p>\n

Reached for comments, human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, the Chairperson of the pro-democracy MultiStakeholder Forum(MSF) wondered how the army could claim its not soldiers who shot civilians when in fact soldiers were deployed to take over the work of the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoldiers are on the streets, they have taken over the work of the police. Even at the High Court, there were soldiers, so they cannot claim it\u2019s not soldiers who kill civilians because soldiers are the streets,\u201d said the MSF Chairperson.<\/p>\n

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