“There was a group of young men selling copied CDs and DVDs. The police officers surrounded the group of young men‚ who ran in different directions. One of the young men fell to the ground and died.”
Dlamini said his department would visit the scene to seek for more witnesses.
The post-mortem will be done on November 5.
Naidoo said an inquest docket has been opened and police are investigating a charge of malicious damage to property.
"The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has been called in to conduct an investigation and we will make a determination thereof if the case is going to be converted to a criminal investigation‚" Naidoo said.