Trio arrested for stoning police vehicle during protest
Police arrest three during a protest in Atteridgeville.
Eliot Mahlase
Three men were arrested following a service delivery protest in Atteridgeville on Thursday.
Police spokesperson Constable Tumisang Moloto said the three stoned a police vehicle during a protest.
“The police were informed about a group of protesters who blocked Maunde Street with burning tyres at 06:30. One police vehicle was damaged by stones,” he said.
“No injuries were reported to the police. About 150 people marched to the municipality offices to hand over a memorandum,” he said.
Moloto said the trio, aged between 26 and 32, would appear in the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court soon on charges of public violence and malicious damage to property.
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