Depot Petrol Bombed As Taxi Strike Violence Escalates scrollaafrica: SouthAfrica
The incident adds to the violent events that have taken place in various parts of Cape Town since the start of the taxi strike on Thursday.
Private cars, buses, and company-branded vehicles have been stoned and attacked with petrol bombs, creating an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty.A law enforcement officer suffered more than 13 gunshot wounds when he was shot and killed in Nyanga.JP Smith, the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, expressed his concern over the extent of the damage caused at the depot.
"Vehicles belonging to different departments, including enforcement vehicles, were either damaged or completely destroyed," he said. He said in Atlantis, traffic officers responded to reports of public violence, leading to the arrest of six suspects who were found with a taxi loaded with tyres and implements used for starting fires."While Santaco has attempted to distance itself from the criminal acts witnessed in the last days, the organization should have anticipated that calling for the strike would have resulted in this chaos," said Smith.
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