Reiger Park residents storm police station, demand release of arrested protesters

Angry residents of Reiger Park are gathered outside the Reiger Park police station, demanding the release of the people they claim were arrested during this morning’s service delivery protest in the township.

Residents of Reiger Park are now demanding the release of people arrested for public violence during this morning's service delivery protest in the township.

The leaders are arguing with police inside the police station, with the mass of people who crowded the street outside the station shouting abuse and obscenities at officers.

According to the Reiger Park spokesperson, Sgt Mashudu Phathela, police arrested one person aged 25 years during the protest, and he has been charged with public violence.

Earlier on, thousands of Reiger Park residents barricaded streets with stones and burning tyres, in protest against service delivery and housing issues in the township.

They then marched to the Boksburg Civic Centre to deliver a memorandum of complaints to the municipality.

Large EMPD and SAPS contingents are now monitoring the situation at the police station.