{"id":216755,"date":"2019-09-02T19:33:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T17:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=216755"},"modified":"2019-09-02T20:15:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T18:15:24","slug":"incidents-public-violence-germiston-controlled-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/09\/02\/incidents-public-violence-germiston-controlled-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Incidents of public violence in Germiston controlled by police"},"content":{"rendered":"

A number of incidents of public violence and criminal activity have been reported in the Germiston area today (September 2).<\/p>\n

In the first incident the Primrose police responded to a report of public unrest at 1.30am at Rainbow Restaurant on Rietfontein Road, Primrose where people had gathered and were burning tyres in the road.<\/p>

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\u201cThey forcefully broke into the restaurant and looted liquor and a TV set.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo arrests were made and a public violence docket has been opened at the Primrose Police Station,\u201d said Capt Andr\u00e9 de Jager, the spokesperson for Ekurhuleni District Zone Four.<\/p>

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Groups of people looted about seven shops. Photo: Germiston SAPS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In another incident later in the morning, the Public Order Police and Primrose SAPS were called to a protected wage strike at Waltons at Pencil Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice officers negotiated with the protest leaders as they had stopped traffic by burning tyres.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were told not to do this and reminded that they were only allowed to be at the entrance to the office park,\u201d said de Jager.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe protestors then walked to the gate and closed it stopping personnel from other companies entering the premises.<\/p>\n

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Most shops in the Germiston CBD closed their doors after the threat of looting was made. Photo: Germiston SAPS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAgain the Public Order Police\u2019s commander engaged with them but the protestors did not comply with their strike mandate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Public Order Police then shot rubber bullets to disperse the protestors and three suspects, aged 57, 52 and 44, were arrested and detained for public violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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De Jager added that another suspect was arrested on a charge of malicious damage to property in Rietfontein Road at about 10am.<\/p>\n

The owner of City Fish and Chips called the Primrose police after the 28-year-old man walked into the shop and forcefully broke the fridge inside the shop.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspect allegedly called other people to join him in looting the shop, but nobody joined him,\u201d said de Jager.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe police arrived, chased the suspect and arrested him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Investigations on the above cases are continuing and all the suspects are due to appear in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court soon.<\/p>\n

In the Germiston CBD and in Dukathole, Const Maxwell Mabunda, the communications officer for the Germiston SAPS, told the GCN that a number of different groups looted shops owned by foreigners.<\/p>\n

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Protestors in the streets of Dukathole. Photo By: Germiston SAPS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey looted about seven shops and took groceries in Dukathole near the taxi rank and at Station Bazaar in the Germiston CBD,\u201d Mabunda said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they found the shop owners in their shops they would chase them away and take whatever they wanted from the shops.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mabunda said no injuries were reported and police have made nine arrests on charges of public violence.<\/p>\n

Mabunda added that the police are experiencing a challenge in that shop owners do not want to open cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly Pep Stores opened a case of malicious damage to property where the looters damaged the doors, but did not make off with any goods,\u201d Mabunda said.<\/p>\n

Police are monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n

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