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What happened to Mthokozisi Ntumba is inexcusable, says Bheki Cele
By Chulumanco Mahamba
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Johannesburg - There is no explanation or excuse for Mthokozisi Ntumba being shot dead, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Thursday.
Ntumba, 35, was shot and killed on Wednesday after leaving a medical centre in Braamfontein.
Police had been firing rubber bullets to disperse protesting Wits students.
He was allegedly shot several times. Efforts to resuscitate him failed and he died at the scene.
“For me, someone just went crazy,” Cele said about the shooting.
He was speaking on Thursday outside Ntumba’s Kempton Park home.
Cele, Gauteng Police Commissioner Elias Mawela and members of Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) had paid a visit to the family at around 9am.
The man shot and killed during student protests in Johannesburg on Wednesday has been identified as Mthokozisi Ntumba.
Ntumba, who had been visiting a clinic in Braamfontein at the time of the protests, died after he was shot, allegedly by police.
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The incident is under investigation by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). Four IPID investigators were deployed to the scene on Wednesday, spokesperson Ndileka Cola told News24.
An eyewitness who was waiting at a nearby bus stop told News24 some students who were protesting in Braamfontein were taken to a clinic in De Beer Street.
#WitsProtest : Police Minister, Bheki Cele is visiting the home of the man who was shot & killed in Braamfontein on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Mthokozisi Ntumba @TeamNews24 . pic.twitter.com/Mhrmob6KjD Canny Maphanga (@CannyMaphanga) March 11, 2021
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