By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Photo Credit: Alon Akuy.
Police have fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at protesting Wits University students, arresting some protesters.
Students have disrupted traffic on Empire Road with rubble and burning tyres.
Earlier, a man was shot and killed when police fired rubber bullets at protesters in Braamfontein.
Students were calling for authorities to account for the death of an innocent man.
One student has accused police of being blatantly heavy-handed.
“They shot him the first time they came out of the nyala. They shot him the first time and he fell on the ground. He woke up and as he was getting up, he wanted to know what was happening, why was he shot and he was met with another bullet.”
Police are continuing to use rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the crowd of students.
Meanwhile the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) dispatched four investigation officers to the scene of a fatal shooting where protesting Wits students and the police clashed in Johannesburg.
Ipid spokesperson Ndileka Cola said the directorate was informed about a shooting by the Hillbrow police station earlier on Wednesday.