WATCH: Wits students, campus security clash in violent stand-off
Updated | By ECR Newswatch, Jacaranda FM
There's chaos at Wits University where there's a stand-off between students and campus security.
A group of students are pelting the guards with rocks outside the Great Hall.
Earlier, students protested outside the medical school - where chaotic scene also broke out.
See also: Students shut down Wits over fees announcement
Director of Housing at Wits, Rob Sharman explained what happened.
"This morning there was a unfortunate incident in outside the Wits Medical School, where a large group of students protesting about fees had blocked the road. [The] police arrived, asked them to clear the road so that ambulances and other vehicles could get through to the hospital. The students, with some reluctance, complied - but unfortunately the police then got a bit excited, and stun grenades were fired - and that caused a very tense situation for a while," he said.
The University of the Free State has shut down all three of its campuses.
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