NEWSFLASH: Hostage situation in Plastic View
VIDEO: Watch dramatic rush to Plastic View after a hostage situation was reported.
The situation remains calm after workers held security personnel hostage over an alleged wage dispute in an informal settlement in Pretoria East on Tuesday.
Police spokesperson Captain Anton Breedt said immediate information was that a group of workers from a company were dropped off in Plastic View by security personnel on Tuesday afternoon.
He said the company allegedly owed the workers money and workers took the officers into Plastic View and held them hostage in retaliation.
Watch security firms and police rush to hostage situation:
Bull Security spokesperson JP Griesel said security firms were alerted of a hostage situation inside Plastic View informal settlement.
Directorate of Specialised Security (DSS) spokesperson Brandon Morgan said they were also told to respond to a possible uproar inside the informal settlement.
Breedt said: “A police tactical unit infiltrated the informal settlement and the security officers were found.”
He said no arrests had yet been confirmed.
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