Cele on the death of Mthokozisi Ntumba: 'I can't explain it'
"Somebody, for me, just went crazy," said Cele, saying Ipid would continue investigating the case.
Minister of Police, Bheki Cele says it is becoming harder and harder for him to defend police actions and the extreme use of force in some instances.
He also acceded that there seems to be a degree of racial bias in how police respond to different situations with black people in some instances being subjected to greater force than white people.
Cele was visiting the family of Mthokozisi Ntumba, who died during the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) student protest of financial exclusion in Braamfoentin on Wednesday.
"Slowly, slowly it's becoming very difficult to defend it," said Cele on public perceptions about the police's alleged racial bias.
"I don't agree that it is generic, but there will be elements of such in the organisation," said Cele.
Cele could not confirm if live ammunition or rubber bullets were used in Ntumba's death, saying the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) was investigating.
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Cele said police training needed to improve to address the use of force.
He said he was stunned by the developments in Braamfontein.
"Somebody, for me, just went crazy," said Cele, saying Ipid would continue investigating the case.
"I can't explain it...it has no grain of explanation or defense on it."