• Walter Sisulu University says the man who died after being shot was not registered at the institution.

• Police said no arrests have been made.

Walter Sisulu University says only two of the three people who were allegedly shot by a student residence manager on Tuesday morning were students.

University spokesperson Yonela Tukwayo said only the two people who survived the shooting were students. She said they have since been discharged from hospital.

“Tragically, a third person lost their life during the home invasion. This individual is not a registered student nor a staff member of the University. Authorities are working to determine the identity of the deceased and the reason for their involvement in the incident,” Tukwayo said in a statement.

She did not comment on the actual shooting.

However, Mthatha Campus SRC Premier Themba Zikhali said students saw what happened and have evidence to prove it.

“When coming back from the KGB singing, he decided to come out with a gun and he started shooting students. So, we’ve got a lot of evidence. We don’t want anyone to use ‘allegedly’ because we saw what happened. There were no warning shots—he started shooting students, he shot three students,” Zikhali said.

Meanwhile, Parliamentary Portfolio Chair for Higher Education, Tebogo Letsie, called for accountability from the university.

“The university must urgently investigate this breach of safety protocols, particularly the circumstances that allowed a residence manager to possess a firearm on the premises. There must be consequence management for those who failed to uphold safety standards and allowed this tragedy to occur,” Letsie said.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Nobuntu Gantana said no arrests had been made. Earlier, she said police were struggling to get more information from witnesses, as students were preventing them from reaching the crime scene.

Pictured above: The residence manager’s car was set alight by students after he shot and killed one and injured an unconfirmed number of others.

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