Police have identified 12 people linked to the torching of 21 trucks along the country’s national freeways, including the N3, N2 and N4, over the past week, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Wednesday.
, including the N3, N2 and N4 over the past week, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Wednesday., Limpopo, Free State, Gauteng and Mpumalanga, led by national commissioner General Fannie Masemola, had held a high level meeting on the arson attacks, which began on the second anniversary of similar torchings in July 2021.
The police minister said the police were on high alert and working around the clock to prevent further attacks on the country’s transport corridors. “All major routes have been secured and regular patrols are being conducted along identified high-risk routes,” the police minister said. Attacks on trucks had been reported in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga and police had identified a dozen suspects, he added.
Cele outlined the attacks that have taken place since Sunday, 9 July, which started with the torching of trucks on Van Reenen’s Pass. “KZN police are investigating a case of armed robbery, malicious damage to property and attempted murder. Detectives assigned to the cases are closely following up on leads and continue to gather and study all evidence at their disposal,” Cele said.
Cele said police investigations of an incident, where six armed men attacked and burned three trucks heading to a chrome mine along the R577 between Lydenburg and Sekhukhune in Limpopo, pointed to “an ongoing labour dispute and service delivery issues” in the mining belt.
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