Cars burn at Cape Town gang funeral

19 March 2016 - 14:33 By TMG Digital

Two vehicles were set alight at a gang funeral on Saturday in Elsies River‚ Cape Town. Fire engines were damaged by stones thrown by mourners when they arrived to tackle the flames in 16th Avenue‚ and one firefighter was taken to N1 City Hospital after a rock hit his shoulder.Police said the vehicles were believed to have been set alight by gangsters...

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