November 6, 2011

6th November 2011

Sunday again, never able to escape Sundayness.

Wits probes student attack on lecturer

THE University of the Witwatersrand has launched an investigation after a student hit a lecturer with a stick during an exam on Thursday.
The attack on Obinna Ozumba, a lecturer attached to the Wits School of Construction Economics and Management, took place in full view of a packed exam hall. Ozumba said yesterday he did not want to comment on the incident at this stage.
A second-year engineering student is alleged to have walked out of the hall shortly after the exam papers were handed out and returned with a big stick. The student then allegedly walked up to Ozumba and hit him on his back, according to a media report.
It was not immediately clear if other students came to the lecturer's defence, but campus security was called to remove the student from the hall, the report said .
Wits spokesperson Shirona Patel confirmed the attack, but declined to divulge further details.

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