Five service delivery vehicles petrol bombed in Nyanga on Friday
The City of Cape Town mentioned a number of of its automobiles have been petrol bombed in Nyanga on Friday morning, 18 March. Though the motive for the assaults is but to be established, the Metropolis believes the unrest could also be associated to an incident that occurred within the space final week. CITY OF…
The City of Cape Town mentioned a number of of its automobiles have been petrol bombed in Nyanga on Friday morning, 18 March. Though the motive for the assaults is but to be established, the Metropolis believes the unrest could also be associated to an incident that occurred within the space final week.
CITY OF CAPE TOWN CONDEMNS ATTACKS
MayCo Member for Security and Safety Alderman JP Smith mentioned two Golden Arrow buses, a metropolis truck and two gentle supply automobiles, one in all which belonged to Eskom, have been focused with petrol bombs between 6:50 and eight:30.
- 06:50 Golden Arrow bus Emms Drive at Nyanga Terminus
- 06:55 Truck Stable Waste Emms Drive and Govan Mbeki
- 08:05 LDV Eskom Eisleben and Govan Mbeki
- 08:10 Golden Arrow bus Govan Mbeki and Symphony
- 08:30 Stable Waste LDV Klipfontein and Borchers Quarry
“Whereas the motive has not been established, we suspect it may very well be in response to operations yesterday to find the taxi driver and proprietor who escaped custody when the Philippi East police station was violently attacked final week,” mentioned Smith.
MayCo Member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, mentioned it was reported to him that the Metropolis’s providers have been being focused by “members belonging to taxi associations within the Nyanga/Gugulethu space.”
For now, all service supply automobiles within the space have been instructed to right away withdraw. The Metropolis’s security and safety directorate and the South African Police Service (SAPS) are working collectively to trace down the suspects.
“The Metropolis will ramp up deployments within the space to help SAPS in catching the perpetrators, but additionally to mitigate the chance of additional assaults,” mentioned Smith.
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