WATCH: Traffic officers attacked in Evander
Windows on two vehicles were shattered and two others were set alight.
Traffic officers conducting a roadblock between Evander and eMbalenhle were attacked and their cars set alight this morning, August 4.
Traffic officials from the Mpumalanga provincial traffic department stopped taxis at Walker Park Golf Club on the R546 as well as on the road between eMbalenhle and Secunda. This caused quite a traffic jam.
It is alleged that a group, believed to be taxi drivers, attacked the traffic officers at Walker Park at about 09:00.
The officers were overpowered and their weapons were allegedly taken. The windows of two traffic vehicles were shattered and two traffic vehicles were set alight.
Some officers escaped and alerted the police. A heavy police presence is currently on the scene.
Firefighters extinguished the burning vehicles.
