Mthatha police are investigating a case of murder after a Walter Sisulu University student died a few hours after he was assaulted on Monday night.
Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela said a case of murder was opened and no arrests had been made.
"We are still gathering information on what happened that night," he said.
Songezo Takenzi became a fourth WSU student to die this year after being attacked by fellow students.
The third-year law student was attacked after he was allegedly found in a room of another student. It is alleged he escaped by jumping out of the window of the third floor room, but because of injuries sustained during the fall, he could not run away from the scene. It is further alleged he was then apprehended by other students and beaten.
Other incidents were:
Loyiso Kona, a third-year Education student who succumbed to injuries he sustained after he was assaulted in September.
Kona had returned to the Nelson Mandela Drive site before other students did after they were evicted during a protest that turned violent in September.
On their return, the students found that their rooms were broken into and their belongings stolen.
Kona became the prime suspect of the break-in and was assaulted.
He spend a few weeks in the intensive care unit of an East London hospital.
He died two weeks ago.
Final-year electrical engineering student Aphelele Ntobongwana‚ 22‚ from Libode. He died in August at Destiny Two male residence‚ in Wynne Street‚ Southernwood‚ East London. He was stabbed apparently with a bread-knife during an alcohol-fuelled party in his room.He died on his way to hospital.
Lwando Mantshontsho died in May after he was stabbed in his room.
Mantshontsho, a Level 6 student succumbed to injuries he sustained when he was attacked by a group of junior students at his Atlanta residence. He died on the scene.
WSU management has since issued a statement, “strongly condemning criminal activities in this incident, be it the act of theft and the vigilantism, said university spokeswoman Yonela Tukwayo.
She said the university was extremely concerned at the levels of violence displayed by a small group of students in the 2017 incidents that have led to loss of life on their campuses.
“This is not normal behaviour and we strongly condemn such violence,” she said.
Mthatha police probing case of murder of WSU student
Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela said a case of murder was opened and no arrests had been made.
"We are still gathering information on what happened that night," he said.
Songezo Takenzi became a fourth WSU student to die this year after being attacked by fellow students.
The third-year law student was attacked after he was allegedly found in a room of another student. It is alleged he escaped by jumping out of the window of the third floor room, but because of injuries sustained during the fall, he could not run away from the scene. It is further alleged he was then apprehended by other students and beaten.
Other incidents were:
Loyiso Kona, a third-year Education student who succumbed to injuries he sustained after he was assaulted in September.
Kona had returned to the Nelson Mandela Drive site before other students did after they were evicted during a protest that turned violent in September.
On their return, the students found that their rooms were broken into and their belongings stolen.
Kona became the prime suspect of the break-in and was assaulted.
He spend a few weeks in the intensive care unit of an East London hospital.
He died two weeks ago.
Final-year electrical engineering student Aphelele Ntobongwana‚ 22‚ from Libode. He died in August at Destiny Two male residence‚ in Wynne Street‚ Southernwood‚ East London. He was stabbed apparently with a bread-knife during an alcohol-fuelled party in his room.He died on his way to hospital.
Lwando Mantshontsho died in May after he was stabbed in his room.
Mantshontsho, a Level 6 student succumbed to injuries he sustained when he was attacked by a group of junior students at his Atlanta residence. He died on the scene.
WSU management has since issued a statement, “strongly condemning criminal activities in this incident, be it the act of theft and the vigilantism, said university spokeswoman Yonela Tukwayo.
She said the university was extremely concerned at the levels of violence displayed by a small group of students in the 2017 incidents that have led to loss of life on their campuses.
“This is not normal behaviour and we strongly condemn such violence,” she said.
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