CAPE TOWN STUDENTS ARRESTED AFTER BURNING PAINTINGS NEAR SITE OF PROTEST

A small group of students has taken paintings from the University of Cape Town’s dorms and lit them on fire, reports News24. The incident took place near the shack erected by protesters campaigning against the university’s lack of dorm space for students from poorer backgrounds.

According to Gerda Kruger, a spokesperson at the university, the act of arson occurred after school officials asked the students to move their protest and shack off the road. “They refused, and while we were still deliberating on what to do, a group entered the two residences on our upper campus, removed artwork from the walls, and set it alight in a fire.”

Police armed with stun grenades then showed up, dispersing the crowd and making arrests on the spot.