Police spokesperson Vish Naidoo, however, denied claims that officers fired shots at protesters.
Parliament s Portfolio Committee on Police sai
d the country required professional public order policing that displayed a respect for human life and protected those who protested peacefully.
Parliament s portfolio committee on police said it wanted to meet with the leadership of the SA Police Service following reports of a student who was shot and wounded in Johannesburg during student protests this week.
The Wits SRC on Monday alleged a student was shot and wounded by officers. Police spokesperson Vish Naidoo, however, denied claims that officers fired shots at protesters, saying they only used a smoke grenade and water cannons.
Time for Saps to be held accountable for their murders
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The Right2Know Campaign strongly condemns the brutal manner in which police have dealt with protesting students at Wits University. We are also deeply saddened by the news that an innocent passerby was shot and killed by the police. We send our condolences to the family of the deceased and encourage them to sue the state.
We call on the Police Minister, Bheki Cele and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to take swift action against the members of the police involved in the killing of an innocent man. We also call for action against the officers who were involved in shooting the protesting students at that institution. We understand that students were shot at with rubber bullets, but these are just as harmful as live ammunition. Students sustained severe injuries from being shot with rubber bullets.