source: Front Line Defenders
actor1: Rioters (South Africa)
actor2: Police Forces of South Africa (1994-)
location: Durban
notes: 11 January. Demonstrators blocked roads in a demonstration for land rights in Durban, eThekwini. Police forces fired shots to disperse the group. A man fleeing the shots stepped onto a live electrical wire, which killed him. [size=no report]