WATCH | Protest turned to looting: Locals flee with flat-screen TVs
07 November 2019 - 14:09
By Zama Luthuli
The police were called to the N1 highway in De Doorns, Western Cape, when protest action turned into looting. Residents who had been holding a protest looted two stationary trucks, stealing dozens of flat-screen televisions.
The police warned motorists to avoid the area as the situation was “volatile”.
In a separate incident in Worcester, also in the Western Cape, locals looted a truck after it was involved in an accident.
Police have condemned the incidents, saying: “These acts of criminality cannot be tolerated.”
No arrests have been made and police have urged anyone with information to come forward.
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