Eastern Cape police commissioner urges dialogue amidst escalating taxi violence. Fatal shootings prompt urgent police crackdown.
This comes after two Toyota Fortuners that were on their way from Maclear to Tsolo at Ntywenka cuttings on the R396 were shot at by unknown persons on Wednesday afternoon at around 5pm.
“As they drove off, the vehicle collided into an oncoming Toyota Quantum. A passenger in the Quantum sustained a gunshot wound in her arm,” Naidu said.Also on Wednesday, Naidu said the local hospital reported that a person brought in by taxi drivers died, while several others sustained gunshot wounds.
The four suspects, aged between 25 and 44, were arrested on charges of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, and the police are looking into their possible link to the shooting incident.Meanwhile, in Mthatha on Thursday morning, another taxi-related shooting occurred where six people were injured.
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