{"id":8335,"date":"2022-06-27T14:29:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/shots-fired-at-mahwalala-as-police-dispersed-communist-partys-sunset-rally"},"modified":"2022-06-27T15:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:22:45","slug":"shots-fired-at-mahwalala-as-police-dispersed-communist-partys-sunset-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/shots-fired-at-mahwalala-as-police-dispersed-communist-partys-sunset-rally","title":{"rendered":"Shots fired at Mahwalala as police dispersed Communist Party\u2019s sunset rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Mswati\u2019s police fired shots on Saturday to disperse a sunset rally organised by the Communist Party of Swaziland(CPS). <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pius Vilakati, the CPS Spokesperson confirmed the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes the shooting happened,but they were able to fight off the police and managed to elude them.For now they are trying to regroup, But we hear that the police are regrouping on their side&#8221;,said the CPS Spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Phindile Vilakati, the eSwatini Police Spokesperson had not responded to our questions at the time of compiling this report.<\/p>\n<p>King Mswati continues to unleash his armed forces on unarmed civilians who are demanding for democratic reforms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Mswati\u2019s police fired shots on Saturday to disperse a sunset rally organised by the Communist Party of Swaziland(CPS). Pius Vilakati, the CPS Spokesperson confirmed the matter. \u201cYes the shooting happened,but they were able to fight off the police and managed to elude them.For now they are trying to regroup, But we hear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10,16],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-8335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shots fired at Mahwalala as police dispersed Communist Party\u2019s sunset rally - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta 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