UPDATE – 17:00: Residents attempted to torch the police station earlier. Police have fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
Roads were barricaded with burning tires and big rocks. About six suspects have been arrested thus far.
Constable Cynthia Mtsweni, police spokesman, gives an update about the situation at eMzinoni.
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UPDATE – 16:00: Residents are allegedly vandalizing and setting the police station alight
UPDATE: The fight is now between police and residents
A house in Extension 5 has been torched. Angry residents are now attacking the police at the eMzinoni Police Station.
They are allegedly demanding that police release community members who were arrested earlier.
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UPDATE: A group of residents is steadily growing and it appears that they are planning to go to the homes of suspected gang members in Welas Section. Police said the situation is tense. They urged locals to stay indoors.
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eMZINONI – Learners from iKhethelo Secondary School and other schools had to be escorted by police back home after gangs allegedly went to the schools seeking some of their rival gangs.
This came after an alleged gang member was killed by an angry mob last night.
Police said it looks like the gangs want revenge and that the community now has mobilized to fight the gangs.
Police said at this stage they are unsure of what is happening exactly, but there are bakkies full of armed people (with various weapons) moving around the township.
These people are angry community members and claim they are protecting learners from the gangs.
“The situation is tense and we are asking residents to stay indoors.”
Police said after the murder, the alleged gangs forcefully entered various homes assaulting people and vandalizing the houses.
Police urged the community not to take the law into their own hands.
Police are on the scene.
