A total of twelve students were arrested for malicious damage to property and burglary business, this comes after a group of students allegedly went amok, and looted a cafeteria and also damaged several University of Fort Hare properties at the campus in Alice on the night of 4 June 2023.
On Sunday, 4 June 2023 around 20:20, police were summoned to a complaint of a violent protest at the University of Fort Hare in Alice.
At the scene, police arrested 12 students for malicious damage to property and burglary business, after the University examination hall was slightly damaged, and its furniture was removed and torched just outside the hall.
It is further said that a mob then went amok and damaged several surveillance camera systems and also looted the institution’s cafeteria.
It is believed that the mayhem started, following an internal dispute about examinations.
The suspects aged between 19 and 22 are due to appear at Alice Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 6 June 2023 on charges of malicious damage to property and housebreaking and theft (business premises).
