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TimesLIVE Premium reports that a Walter Sisulu University (WSU) residence manager and his family were rescued by police after a confrontation with protesting students at the Nelson Mandela Drive campus in Mthatha.
During the incident the manager allegedly shot dead one person and wounded two others. The students then allegedly set the staff member’s car on fire and attacked his wife, who later had to be admitted to hospital. Police spokesperson Brig Nobuntu Gantana said: “Students mobilised on Monday evening as they complained about the bad state of their residence. At about 7am on Tuesday, they went to the residence manager, who stays within the institution with his family, to confront him about the poor state of their residence.” He added that allegedly the residence manager shot at some male students and one person was killed and another was rushed to hospital for medical care. Gantana went on to indicate: “It is further reported that students mobilised and in the process the residence manager’s car was set alight and his wife was hit on the head with a hard object. The family was rescued by Mthatha Public Order Policing.” Police said no-one has been arrested as angry protesters had prevented them from accessing the campus and crime scene or interviewing witnesses. WSU spokesperson Yonela Tukwayo denied that the shooting victim was a student. “Authorities are working to determine the identity of the deceased and the reason for their involvement in the incident,” she said. The SA Students Congress provincial task team condemned the shooting.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lulamile Feni & Sikho Ntshobane at TimesLIVE Premium (subscriber access only)
- Lees ook, Skietery by Walter Sisulu ‘nié geïsoleerde gebeurtenis’, by Maroela Media
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