Siyanda Ndlovu
'The man was struck twice and succumbed to his injuries,' said Shawn Herbst of Netcare 911.
The body of a man lies on the pavement in Braamfontein, 10 March 2021, after he was shot by rubber bullets fired by the police in an attempt to disperse protesting Wits University students. Picture: Sibongumenzi Sibiya
It still remains unclear if
the deceased was a student at Wits or just a bystander caught in the crossfire between police and protesting students.
According to Netcare 911 the deceased had just come out of a doctor’s practice when police fired rubber bullets to disperse the protesting students.