Reports of rocks being thrown at cars in Durban false‚ metro police say

06 January 2018 - 11:47 By Nivashni Nair

Yusuf Abramjee claimed that rocks were being thrown from a pedestrian bridge between Musgrave Road and Tollgate Bridge Durban KZN.
Image: Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee via Twitter

Durban metro police on Saturday said reports of rocks being thrown at cars in the city were false.

Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Parboo Sewpersad said a tweet by anti-crime activist and founder of MakeSASafe Yusuf Abramjee claiming that rocks were being thrown from the pedestrian bridge between Musgrave Road and Tollgate Bridge was incorrect.

Abramjee had also posted a photograph of car windscreen apparently shattered by the rock.

ALERT: Rocks being thrown at passing vehicles from pedestrian bridge between Musgrave Road and Tollgate Bridge Durban KZN. Please proceed with caution!!! @MakeSAsafe @eThekwiniM @FawziaPeer pic.twitter.com/16V2gwo6iv
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) January 6, 2018

"All I can say is don’t mislead the public. If you want to give out information‚ it must be factual‚" Sewpersad said.

Reports of rocks being thrown at vehicles in KwaZulu-Natal surfaced after Amina Haffeejee and her brother‚ Abdur Raheem‚ were killed when a rock was thrown from a highway overpass on the N2 near Tongaat on December 27.