Four taxi owners are now confirmed dead following a shooting in the Brakpan CBD East of Johannesburg. They were shot allegedly by the occupants of a private security vehicle. Police say the taxi owners had just finished meeting in Tsakane and were on their way to a taxi association office when they came under fire. Police spokesperson Pearl van Staad says seven other people were wounded.
“It’s taxi related violence which started from a meeting in Tsakane and I don’t know what happened there and they started to proceed to Brakpan where the association office is…When the taxi drivers arrived in Brakpan the shooting ensued from a private security company,” says Van Staad.
#TaxiViolence scene still active. Pathologists being brought in. Eight people arrested after four taxi drivers killed #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/jTbExdrLnT
— Chriselda Lewis (@Chriseldalewis) May 23, 2018
#TaxiViolence Ten firearms also seized in Brakpan Taxi Association shooting #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/AI7eCGhRZ4
— Chriselda Lewis (@Chriseldalewis) May 23, 2018
