JOHANNESBURG: Gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying members of a taxi drivers’ association on Saturday, killing 11 people and critically wounding four others, according to South African police.
Police Brigadier Jay Naicker said the victims of the Saturday night attack had attended a colleague’s funeral and were returning home when the ambush occurred. He said the attack happened between the towns of Colenso and Weenen in KwaZulu-Natal province and the victims were from Gauteng province. Police are investigating possible motives.
Tensions between groups of taxi drivers vying for the same routes sometimes spill into deadly violence in South Africa.
Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2018
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