A taxi driver was recently assaulted, pulled out of his vehicle and left stranded in a violent carjacking.
A 24-year-old suspect was later arrested and will appear in the Westonaria Magistrates’ Court on 29 August.
According to Sergeant Linkie Lefakane, the Bekkersdal Police spokesperson, the carjacking took place one Saturday morning shortly after midnight, in Bekkersdal. The victim was allegedly driving a Toyota Siyaya taxi from Westonaria to Bekkersdal along Bekkersdal’s Holomisa section.
He was allegedly about to offload the last passengers for the night when he was confronted by a number of individuals. It is alleged that one of the men in the taxi hit him on the head with an unknown object before the other suspects joined in assaulting him.
The driver was later pulled out of the taxi and the suspects drove off with it. The vehicle was recovered in Westonaria and fingerprints were obtained from the vehicle. One of the suspects was identified, traced and arrested.
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