Springsites have been reporting shots fired in the dead on night, almost every night, for some time and according to some, it sounds very much like large – perhaps semi-automatic – weapons being fired.
However, it seems that the police taken taken no action saying that the mines, where the shots are believed to be coming from, are private property.
While this may be true, it seems a feable excuse not to take action when you consider that shots fired into the air, near roads or houses can go astray and kill or maim innocents in the area.
This week an illegal miner was killed while coming out of a shaft. The police are investigating – despite the fact that it occured on private property – which begs the question “if they can investigate a death on private property, why can’t they investigate the illegal discharge of fire arms on the same property?”
Both actions are, after all, criminal.
Come on SAPS, start protecting the people of Springs before their deaths, by errant bullets, are the cases you are forced to investigate.
