8 An Imminent Attack
- A large contingent of police in plain clothes and camouflage uniforms begin patrolling Boipatong and removing barricades.
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Members of SDUs repair the barricades after the police leave.
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Warnings are passed on to high-ranking officers in the local police.
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Boipatong residents fearing an attack, patrol the streets.
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Police arrive at 21h00 & order patrolling youth to get off the streets, teargassing those who refuse.
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Police fire birdshot in retaliation to a petrol-bombing of a police vehicle.
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