Protesters set Metrorail ticket office alight

Published Apr 24, 2015

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Cape Town - Western Cape police on Friday confirmed a service delivery protest in which a Metrorail ticket office was set on fire in Mbekweni in Paarl outside of Cape Town.

“On Thursday night, at about 7.30pm, police took action to defuse a riotous situation in Mbekweni when protesters set the ticket office at the railway station alight,” said Western Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut.

Traut said the protesters also threw stones at vehicles passing by during, what he termed, “an apparent service delivery-related matter”.

“The circumstances surrounding the public violence are being investigated,” said Traut.

Arrests had not yet been made but police had calmed the situation.

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