By 8pm, Hangberg residents were clashing with the police and some properties had also been set alight.
A crèche was burnt down after Hangberg residents in Hout Bay, Cape Town, clashed with the police in retaliation for the tearing down of structures on Friday evening.
According to a resident, who did not want to be identified, clashes broke out after irate residents vented their anger at law enforcement agencies. Police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut said officers were deployed to the area after a riotous situation was sparked by a housing dispute. Last week, the police and residents also clashed after the half-built structure was torn down, News24 reported.
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