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JUST IN: SAPS confirm live ammunition used as taxi drivers fire shots into the air

They were ‘collecting the spirits of the deceased’

Cleveland SAPS Col Mpe Lobisi Motaung, station commander for Cleveland SAPS, said members of an unknown taxi association gathered at the corner of Cumberland and Allum this afternoon and fired live ammunition into the ground and air.

The area is still cordoned off. Motorists are advised to find alternative routes through the area.

“It is linked to Sunday’s incident. They were out today to ‘collect the spirits of the deceased’.

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“JMPD escorted them. We are not sure who authorised the escorting,” said Motaung.

Chief Supt Wayne Minnaar spokesperson for JMPD commented that he is not aware of whether of the incident nor the escorting of taxi drivers.

This is a developing story.

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