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Swaziland: communists fight the monarchy
The state repression of protests against upcoming sham elections rigged by King Mswati III may have turned deadly with the reported shooting of Communist Party member Mvuselelo Mkhabela, reports PEOPLES DISPATCH
Communist Party of Swaziland member Mvuselelo Mkhabela

THE Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) reported on February 28 that the police force of Africa’s last absolute monarchy had shot and “disappeared” one of their members, Mvuselelo Mkhabela, age 21.

“Comrade Mvuselelo was badly shot at and dragged to the police van helplessly and his whereabouts and condition are unknown and the armed to teeth police force continued its attacks on the protesting community,” CPS tweeted. Reportedly this abduction happened at around 1pm local time on February 28.

This latest act of violence by the Swaziland police force comes amid an uptick in police repression of recent protests against the “farcical” parliamentary elections.

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