Students Killed In Demonstration

on? ?the? ?16? ?june? ?1976,? ?around? ?10.000? ?to? ?20.000? ?black? ?students? ?walked? ?from? ?their? ?schools? ?to? ?Orlando stadium? ?for? ?a? ?rally? ?to? ?protest? ?against? ?needing? ?to? ?learn? ?through? ?Afrikaans? ?in? ?school.? ?The? ?protest? ?was planned? ?by? ?the? ?ssrc? ?action? ?committee,? ?with? ?support? ?from? ?the? ?bcm.? ?Teachers? ?in? ?soweto? ?also? ?suååorted the? ?march? ?after? ?the? ?action? ?committee? ?emphasized? ?good? ?discipline? ?and? ?peaceful? ?action. Ending? ?up? ?near? ?Orlando? ?High? ?School.? ?the? ?remaining? ?crowd? ?of? ?around? ?3.000? ?and? ?10.000? ?students made? ?their? ?way? ?towards? ?the? ?area? ?of? ?the? ?school.? ?Students? ?sang? ?and? ?waved? ?placards? ?with? ?slogans? ?such as.Down? ?with? ?afrikaans.? ?Viva? ?azania.? ?And.? ?If? ?we? ?must? ?do? ?afrikaans,? ?Vorster? ?must? ?do? ?zulu. The? ?police? ?set? ?their? ?dog? ?on? ?the? ?protesters,? ?who? ?responded? ?by? ?killing? ?it.? ?The? ?police? ?then? ?began? ?to? ?shoot directly? ?at? ?the? ?children. Among? ?the? ?first? ?students? ?to? ?be? ?shot? ?dead? ?were? ?15? ?year? ?old? ?Hastings? ?Ndlovu?? ?and? ?13? ?year? ?old? ?Hector Pieterson?,? ?who? ?were? ?shot? ?at? ?Orlando? ?West? ?High? ?School.? ?The? ?photographer? ?Sam? ?Nzima?? ?took? ?a photograph? ?of? ?a? ?dying? ?Hector? ?Pieterson? ?as? ?he? ?was? ?carried? ?away? ?by? ?Mbuyisa? ?Makhubo?? ?and accompanied? ?by? ?his? ?sister,? ?Antoinette? ?Sithole.? ?The? ?photograph? ?became? ?the? ?symbol? ?of? ?the? ?Soweto uprising.? ?The? ?police? ?attacks? ?on? ?the? ?demonstrators? ?continued? ?and? ?23? ?people? ?died? ?on? ?the? ?first? ?day? ?in Soweto.? ?Among? ?them? ?was? ?Dr? ?Melville? ?Edelstein?,? ?who? ?had? ?devoted? ?his? ?life? ?to? ?social? ?welfare? ?among blacks.? ?He? ?was? ?stoned? ?to? ?death? ?by? ?the? ?mob? ?and? ?left? ?with? ?a? ?sign? ?around? ?his? ?neck? ?proclaiming? ?"Beware Afrikaners". The? ?violence? ?escalated,? ?as? ?bottle? ?stores? ?and? ?beer? ?halls—seen? ?as? ?outposts? ?of? ?the? ?apartheid government—were? ?targeted,? ?as? ?were? ?the? ?official? ?outposts? ?of? ?the? ?state.? ?The? ?violence? ?abated? ?by nightfall.? ?Police? ?vans? ?and? ?armoured? ?vehicles? ?patrolled? ?the? ?streets? ?throughout? ?the? ?night.