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Youths re-enact Monday 16th June 2003 the shooting of Hector Pieterson by Aparthied police forces during the youth day celebrations in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. On 16 June 1976 Hector Pieterson was shot and killed by police in Soweto, fighting the oppression of Apartheid. His name is used by the youth of South Africa as a hero that lost his life for their freedom. EPA PHOTO/EPA/STR