Attack on traffic cops in Evander: suspect appears in court
The officers were overpowered and one weapon was allegedly stolen.
A suspect appeared in the Evander Magistrate’s Court on October 3.
Jacob Khumalo faces charges of discharging a firearm, robbery with aggravating circumstances, and also damage to public property when vehicles of the Mpumalanga provincial traffic department were either damaged or set alight at a roadblock on the R546 between eMbalenhle and Evander on August 4.
Khumalo’s arrest came after a group, believed to be taxi drivers, attacked the traffic officers near the Walker Park Golf Club.
The officers were overpowered and a weapon was allegedly stolen. The windows of two vehicles were smashed in and another two vehicles were set alight.
Zukiswa Mxhotjelwa, Evander police spokesperson, said at the time that a case of taxi violence was opened.
The case was postponed to November 2.
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