Zimbabweans ‘escape death’ after attack by Tshwane protesters
Twenty-one Zimbabweans aboard a bus “escaped death by a whisker” after allegedly being attacked and robbed of their valuables by protesters on the N1 highway outside Pretoria. One of the passengers was injured when he was struck by a stone as the Eagle Liner bus – which was burnt to a shell – tried to make a U-turn to escape‚ reported The Herald newspaper in Zimbabwe on Wednesday.#FrontPages: @HeraldZimbabwe reports 21 Zimbos robbed, a Zim bus burnt near Pretoria during #TshwaneUnrest yesterday pic.twitter.com/r2z64RIp6U — Zim Media Review (@ZimMediaReview) June 22, 2016async The bus‚ travelling from Bulawayo to Johannesburg‚ was raided at 3.30am on Tuesday by what the newspaper said could have been criminal elements taking advantage of the chaos during protest action.Eagle Liner proprietor Dhalib Ishemeal said the passengers had taken refuge at Hammanskraal police station. “All the 21 passengers are now safe and we are waiting for the police to calm the situation. We also heard that there was another bus from another company which was burnt down as well. This is very unfortunate‚” he said.The front page story was flagged on Twitter by Zim Media Review @ZimMediaReview. “#FrontPages: @HeraldZimbabwe reports 21 Zimbos robbed‚ a Zim bus burnt near Pretoria during #TshwaneUnrest yesterday.”TMG Digital..
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