CAPE TOWN – Police have as soon as once more been accused of capturing at a taxi transporting staff after mistaking it for a getaway car utilized by robbers.
Occupants of the minibus have laid a grievance with police claiming officers fired two photographs on the shuttle carrying ten passengers from Paarl to Montague Gardens.
The alleged incident happened on the N1 freeway close to Goodwood yesterday.
Police say the driving force of the minibus is being investigated for reckless and negligent driving and failing to obey a police officer.
On the similar time, a case of pointing a firearm has additionally been registered towards the police officers.
One passenger, Julia van der Vent, claims police realised their error after firing photographs.
“Once we have been outdoors the car, they realised that we have been the flawed individuals and one of many policemen went to the driving force and recognised him as a result of he lives in the identical space.”
About 5 weeks in the past, a Nando’s worker was killed when police allegedly fired photographs on the flawed car close to Dunoon and this month two McDonald’s staff have been shot lifeless in an analogous incident in Blue Downs.
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(Edited by Winnie Theletsane)