According to the investigating officer, two bikers were arrested after they handed themselves over to the police on Friday, December 5 and more arrests are to follow.
The police have been investigating a case of assault after a petrol attendant, Mr Michael Mthobeni, was allegedly beaten up by bikers.
On Friday, November 28 at 23:55 Mthobeni, was on duty when two bikers stopped at pump number three.
They asked Mthobeni to fill up with petrol.
Mthobeni said that he then noticed that they lit a cigarette at the pump station.
“I asked one of the men to move away from the pump as it is dangerous to smoke near a petrol pump,” said Mthobeni.
The men allegedly started swearing at Mthobeni, as he asked them to move to another pump since the one they had stopped at was out of order.
According to Mthobeni the bikers then made a phone call to a couple of friends, as they were convinced that he was not willing to help them.
A blue Uno and a black Golf arrived at the petrol station.
Mthobeni however moved inside the store to avoid any more altercations with the men.
Three men then followed Mthobeni into the store and video footage shows them assaulting him.
One of the men climbed onto the counter, beating Mthobeni on the head.
The video footage is suspected to have leaked by a staff member at the garage, and not from the police as previously suspected.
Video footage of the incident:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVL-MiJS1Yk
Video source: Mail & Guardian
