Five trucks in flames after petrol bomb attacks
Five trucks have been consumed by flames after petrol bombers attacked sleeping drivers yesterday evening.
Truck drivers have been cautioned to park in safe areas at night after several attacks on passing trucks have been reported in the Mpumalanga area.
A stationary truck from KC Coal Masters was set alight in Hendrina yesterday night at 22:25, after five or six suspects in a red Toyota Conquest threw a petrol bomb into it.
The Toyota Conquest was captured on surveillance footage at the time of the incident, but its registration plates could not be identified.
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It was reported later, on the same night, that four trucks in Arnot also burned down after petrol bomb attacks.
Members of the community have warned that trucks are being forced to stop at the entrances to Lydenburg and Steelpoort.
No instances of violence have been reported but truck drivers are being refused rights of passage through the towns.
