KZN police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has called for a probe into ‘irresponsible’ and ‘unprofessional’ conduct by police officers in Tongaat last Friday night.

Mkhwanazi was reacting to a CCTV clip that shows police officers assaulting a man during an operation last week.

In the video footage, which The Witness has seen, a police officer is seen hitting a man with an open hand in what appears to be an unprovoked act.

A little later on, several other police officers gang up on the same victim and attack him.

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