Five people injured at Wits protest
JOHANNESBURG - Protest violence at Wits continues to intensify
Update: 2.50pm
Five people have been transported to various hospitals by ER24 paramedics who are currently on standby at Wits University.
One of the patients was treated for moderate injuries and four were treated for minor injuries.
Injuries ranged from soft tissue injuries to a sprained ankle.
The female students say their bodies are the only thing they have left to protect them from police rubber bullets. #wits #fees2017
— Lirandzu Themba (@LirandzuThemba) October 4, 2016
Update 2.15pm
Wits students have now made their way to Hillbrow Police Station.
#Wits students moving to Braamfontein. #FeesMustFall #FeesMustFallReloaded #Fees2017 pic.twitter.com/MhV6RpMT9M
— Bafana Nzimande (@nzimandebafana) October 4, 2016
Update 2pm:
The violence at Wits has subsided, with pupils peacefully protesting.
The #FeesMustFall protest at Wits has continued to intensify, with police and students refusing to back down.
Students are singing in front of the main building. Violence has subsided @Sandton_News @NewsNMT pic.twitter.com/Srs3xSfJuD
— Brolloks Bittergal (@USQUExADxFINEM) October 4, 2016
Private security and students are playing a cat and mouse game on campus. Both pelting each other with stones pic.twitter.com/vSHNLE57V2
— Brolloks Bittergal (@USQUExADxFINEM) October 4, 2016
Students are not backing down from strong police presence @Sandton_News @NewsNMT pic.twitter.com/bXoeJsdpgr
— Brolloks Bittergal (@USQUExADxFINEM) October 4, 2016
Dustbins and pavement stones are big broken in preparation for another wave @Sandton_News @NewsMNT pic.twitter.com/mRrQyNn2c1
— Brolloks Bittergal (@USQUExADxFINEM) October 4, 2016
Police have opened fire on journalists. Students are being forced of the lawns in front of the main campus building pic.twitter.com/keCBh7eOpU
— Brolloks Bittergal (@USQUExADxFINEM) October 4, 2016
Students and journalists are being fired at. Seemingly at random @Sandton_News pic.twitter.com/aIOXyK0DXh
— Brolloks Bittergal (@USQUExADxFINEM) October 4, 2016
#RememberKhwezi protestors plead with cops: 'We are women stop shooting at us' #Wits #Fees2017 pic.twitter.com/raHNxomzch
— Vauldi Carelse (@vauldicarelse) October 4, 2016
Read: WATCH: Protest violence reaches new level at Wits
