Eersterus taxi meet turns violent

File picture: Motshwari Mofokeng

File picture: Motshwari Mofokeng

Published Oct 22, 2014

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Pretoria - Two people were injured when chaos erupted during a meeting of taxi drivers in Eersterus, east of Pretoria on Wednesday, Gauteng police said.

Captain Johannes Maheso said taxi drivers held a meeting with senior taxi association officials to voice their unhappiness with certain issues relating to the running of taxis.

“The meeting went out of control, a minibus taxi was damaged,” he said.

He said one man fired shots in a bid to disperse people attacking him.

“He was arrested for discharging a firearm in public.”

It was not yet established whether the two injured men were shot or hit with stones.

“The nature of their injuries has not yet been established. Others were throwing stones while others had sjamboks,” he said.

Two cases of assault were opened at the Eersterus police station.

He said police deployed to the area managed to bring the situation under control and taxis were operating as usual.

Sapa

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