WATCH: PMB under siege as taxi violence erupts
The shootout has claimed the live of one person and left several others injured.
Taxis have blockaded Pietermaritz and Boshoff streets while there has been rapid gunfire at the Brookside Taxi Rank in what is believed to be a dispute over taxi routes between Howick and Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal, Maritzburg Public Eye reports.
Journalists at the scene have also been threatened by taxi drivers that they will have their cameras taken away or be shot at if they did not leave the scene.
The lower CBD from East Street towards the Brookside taxi rank and the N3 off-ramp is a no-go zone. Motorists are advised to stay away from the CBD.
Parents have raised concern over the safety of the children in the two neighbouring schools – ML Sultan School and Forest Hills Primary School.
The suspects are believed to be fleeing on foot on the N3 towards Hilton.
Police are yet to arrive on scene.
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