35-year-old Mthokozisi Ntumba was shot by police during student protest in Johannesburg last week Hassan Isilow | 15.03.2021
JOHANNESBURG
Four police officers were arrested in Johannesburg on Monday in connection with the death of a man who was shot by police during a student protest last week.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) confirmed the arrests, saying the officers from the public order policing unit will appear in court this week.
“They are facing charges of murder, three charges of attempted murder and defeating the end of justice,” an IPID spokeswoman, Ndileka Cola, told local broadcaster Newzroom Afrika.
Mthokozisi Ntumba, 35, a bystander, was shot by police at close range with rubber bullets, leading to his death. He was not part of the demonstration being held by the students of Wits University in Johannesburg.