Many of the South African celebrities took to their social media to share how they feel about the death of a young boy who was killed by policemen.
One of which is Pearl Thusi and Boity Thulo who express sadness towards the incident.
It was reported that a 16-year-old Down Syndrome boy was recently killed.
It is alleged that the boy, Nathaniel Julius had left to eat a cookie by a tuck shop and while eating the biscuits and sitting with friends, a police van approached the group.
The police asked Nathanial what was going on and due to his condition, he was unable to speak clearly.
Nathanial was then shot by a police officer.
When news of Julius’ death broke, the community staged a protest, calling for the officers involved in the shooting to be fired.
Cops under attack in Eldorado Park JHB. pic.twitter.com/JxxCLjw6Us
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) August 27, 2020
Well, Pearl Thusi on hearing the news of the young boy’s death took to her social media.
She said:
Boity Thulo also stated that the killer must pay for his crime.
Nathaniel’s killer must pay!!! There’s no other way around it!!!! #JusticeforNathanielJulius ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
— #OwnYourThrone👑 (@Boity) August 28, 2020
I can’t. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 https://t.co/cPZm0vdcVG
— #OwnYourThrone👑 (@Boity) August 28, 2020