THE Communist Party of Swaziland has called for unity against “Mswati’s killer police” following the latest brutal attacks on high-school students.

Paramilitary forces belonging to autocratic ruler King Mswati III stormed the Sigangeni High School in the northern Hhohho region last Friday, where students were alleged to have eaten popcorn laced with marijuana, attacking the students with high-voltage stun guns and forcing them to sit on an imaginary chair — known as situlo semoya — as they screamed insults at the students.

“They did not conduct the attack as a means to effect an arrest but as an act of extrajudicial punishment of the youngsters,” the communists said.