Those responsible for student protest death must be brought to book - Manamela A man was fatally shot earlier today while police officers were dispersing Wits University students protesting over tuition fees. It s understood that he was coming out of a local clinic when he was shot. Protest action by students in the Braamfontein Precinct. Jorrisen, Bertha & De Korte Str affected. Picture: @JoburgMPD/Twitter.
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JOHANNESBURG - Deputy Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has called for those responsible for the death of a man during student protests in Braamfontein on Wednesday to be brought to book.
The man was shot earlier today while police officers were dispersing Wits University students protesting over tuition fees.
Wits responds after a 35-year-old man dies during student protest Updated
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They added that two student reporters were also injured, and
three protestors were arrested and taken to the Hillbrow Police Station.
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The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has responded to
the death of a civilian during the protest action at the institution
on Wednesday.
In a statement, Wits says it is deeply saddened
to learn of the passing of the 35-year-old man in the Braamfontein CBD outside
of the institution this morning.
The university s Executive Team says in the statement
they condemn any form of violence and call on all persons to keep
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Tebogo Sedibe is a doctor at the My Clinic health facility in Braamfontein and he recalled how he tried to save his 35-year-old patient after he was shot when police fired rubber bullets.