After violence broke out on Friday morning all service delivery vehicles have been withdraw from Nyanga.
According to Mayoral committee
member for safety and security, Alderman JP Smith, this was after two Golden
Arrow buses, a City of Cape Town truck and light-duty vehicle, along with an
Eskom light-duty vehicle was set on fire.
“Between 6.50am and 8.30am,
five vehicles were targeted with petrol-bombs,” Smith said.
He added that they are working
with the South African Police Service (SAPS) to find the perpetrator responsible
for these heinous acts. He said these incidents could be a response to an operation
on Thursday to locate locate the taxi driver and owner who escaped custody when
the Philippi East police station was violently attacked last week
Smith said the City would ramp
police presence, he hopes these deployment will be able to stop further attacks
and to assist police in catching the perpetrators.
by Everngelista Muza
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