Students killed in protests in Soweto

Children killed in Soweto In the morning of June 16th 1976, the Soweto uprising began, the Soweto uprising is a series of demonstrations and protests, led by black school children in South Africa. Students from numerous Sowetan schools began the protests in the streets of Soweto, because of the introduction of the Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. Approximately 20.000 students took part in the protests in the streets of Soweto. The police answered with fierce brutality. It have been estimated that the police caused 176 deaths of Sowetan students, but some thinks that the police caused