SDPI stages protest against atrocity on dalits and minorities
Mangaluru, June 28: The members of the district unit of the SDPI staged a protest against atrocities on minorities and dalits across the country, in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Friday.
Addressing the agitators, SDPI district secretary Iqbal Bellare said that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was like Hitler, JDS-Congress coalition government was keeping mum on the violence being engineered in the name of cow and Sri Rama. In Dakshina Kannada district, the police have been following dual standard. They were not showing courage even in arresting those who transport cattle illegally, he alleged.
About cattle transportation incident at Belthangady, the MLA has made provocative statement and thus tried to disturb peace in the district. So, the police should book the MLA under Section 153(1) and take action, he demanded.
SDPI president Athaulla Jokatte presided over the programme. SDPI state leaders Akram Hassan, Ashraf Machar, district leader Ashraf Manchi and others were present.
Leaders Ayaz Krishnapura, Abdul Jaleel Krishnapura, Antony PD, Anand Mithabail, Rakesh, Shahil SH, Noorullah Kulai, Zakir Hussain Ullala, Ismail Shafi Babbukatte and others were present.
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South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 children
Johannesburg (AP): A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting which claimed the lives of 12 people including three children at an unlicensed pub earlier this month, South African police said on Monday.
The man is suspected of being one of the three people who opened fire on patrons in a pub at Saulsville township, west of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
At least 13 people were also injured during the attack, whose motive remains unknown.
According to the police, the suspect was arrested on Sunday while traveling to Botlokwa in Limpopo province, more than 340 km from where the mass shooting took place on Dec 6.
An unlicensed firearm believed to have been used during the attack was recovered from the suspect's vehicle.
“The 32-year-old suspect was intercepted by Limpopo Tracking Team on the R101 Road in Westenburg precinct. During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, a hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis,” police said in statement.
The suspect was arrested on the same day that another mass shooting at a pub took place in the Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, in which nine people were killed and 10 wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on patrons.
Police have since launched a search for the suspects.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and recorded more than 26,000 homicides in 2024 — an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the leading cause of death in homicides.
The country of 62 million people has relatively strict gun ownership laws, but many killings are committed with illegal guns, according to authorities.
According to police, mass shootings at unlicensed bars are becoming a serious problem. Police shut down more than 11,000 illegal taverns between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people for involvement in illegal liquor sales.
