Johannesburg residents barricaded the roads and burnt tyres in the CBD to protest against the death of a 28-year-old man during a police search-and-seizure operation on Monday.
Joburg residents who accused police of killing a 28-year-old man protested in the city centre on Monday.
Police spokesperson Dimakatso Sello said residents accused the police of shooting the man who had collapsed. Sello said the cause of his death was not yet known. Residents at the scene accused police of putting a packet over the man's face before he died. Sello said 13 protesters were arrested for public violence.
"The police warn members of the public not to take the law into their own hands and let the law take its cause," she said. Commissioner Str in the Joburg CBD is currently barricaded off with burning tyres & debris at Goud Str due to protest action. The situation is volatile. Officers are on the scene. Motorists are urged to avoid & to use alternative routes.
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