The two incidents form part of a spate of recent muggings, break-ins and vehicle thefts, including that of US hiker Brook Cheuvront who was found dead on a hiking trail on Devils Peak, within the Table Mountain National Park that have subsequently sparked safety concerns both locally and internationally.
A group of five hikers were mugged coming down Steenberg Plateau on the Silvermine hiking trail on Saturday morning, reportsAccording to non-profit organisation Friends of Table Mountain, the group was held up by four ‘teens/youngsters’ with a gun and broken bottles approximately 100 metres from the start of the trail, near Boyes Drive, above Lakeside.
The two incidents form part of a spate of recent muggings, break-ins and vehicle thefts, including that of US hiker Brook Cheuvront who wasAt the time, however, Table Mountain National Park rebutted that the recent reports of escalating criminal activity on the mountain were ‘There are elite and international runners looking to come to Cape Town for this race, but there are natural safety concerns,’ says McConnachie.
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