Khuli
Chana shot by police officers.
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Award winning South African Hip Hop star Khuli
Chana has been allegedly shot by police this morning in a mistaken identity
case.
Chana was on his way to a performance in
Pretoria when he stopped at the Caltex garage on New Road near the N1 highway
after talking to his DJ who asked him to wait for him at the garage.
“When he was there the DJ phoned him and told
him that they would meet at the venue of the gig which is Moloko” he said.
As he drove out of the garage onto the
highway, he said, an unmarked minibus with about 4 police officers obstructed
his way. That’s when they started shooting at him and he tried driving around
it.
“They fired about six shots into his car. One
bullet hit him in the finger. He then lost control of the car and hit an
embankment,” he said.
Chana’s manager, Refiloe Ramogase said the
police drew Chana out of the vehicle and sat him down on the road for about an
hour, ignoring his cries for medical attention or even an ambulance.
“It was only after I had arrived with my
lawyer did they allow him to go to the Hospital. Essentially
he was forced to sit on the road with no medical attention,” Ramogase said.
Khuli Chana was rushed to the Sunninghill
hospital where he was treated and discharged to recover at his home.
“He’s just very lucky that the bullets ended
up in the vehicle’s seat. One bullet is lodged in his finger and there’s some
shrapnel in his back,” Ramogase said.
Police maintain that they fired two warning
shots, but Morule denies this and has opened a case of attempted murder.
