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WATCH: Richards Bay Port protest: Shots fired by SAPS – public warned to ‘stay away!’

Front end loader operators mow down SAPS van in a video taken this morning

May 9, 2017
Laurie Smith Less than a minute
The over turned police van. PHOTO: Quintin Pinchin

THE situation at the Port entrance (Newark Road)  turned violent this morning, as police fired shots and contractors bulldozed down infrastructure – rolling a police van with the digger bin – at the main entrance.

Bulldozers mow down police van. PHOTO: Quintin Pinchin

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Community members have been advised to stay away from the area, and employers there have sent staff home for their own safety.

 

 

FULL STORY in the ZO Weekender!

Have you been on scene, or affected by the closure? Comment below or email laurie@zob.co.za

May 9, 2017
Laurie Smith Less than a minute
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