{"id":104418,"date":"2019-11-05T08:29:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T06:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=104418"},"modified":"2019-11-06T15:46:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T13:46:06","slug":"five-trucks-flames-petrol-bomb-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/11\/05\/five-trucks-flames-petrol-bomb-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Five trucks in flames after petrol bomb attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Truck drivers have been cautioned to park in safe areas at night after several attacks on passing trucks have been reported in the Mpumalanga area.<\/p>\n<p>A stationary truck from KC Coal Masters was set alight in Hendrina yesterday night at 22:25, after five or six suspects in a red Toyota Conquest threw a petrol bomb into it.<br \/>\nThe Toyota Conquest was captured on surveillance footage at the time of the incident, but its registration plates could not be identified.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104420\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-104420\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Petrol-bom-3-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Petrol-bom-3-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Petrol-bom-3-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A red Toyota Conquest with 5 or 6 suspects in, was seen fleeing the scene.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/103590\/two-trucks-set-alight-hendrina\/\" target=\"_blank\">Two trucks set alight in Hendrina<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was reported later, on the same night, that four trucks in Arnot also burned down after petrol bomb attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the community have warned that trucks are being forced to stop at the entrances to Lydenburg and Steelpoort.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104419\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-104419\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Petrol-bom-5-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Petrol-bom-5-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Petrol-bom-5-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trucks have been forced to stop, and are blocking the R555 in the Steelpoort mining area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No instances of violence have been reported but truck drivers are being refused rights of passage through the towns.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104422\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-104422\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Petrol-bom-4-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Petrol-bom-4-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Petrol-bom-4-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A truck has been pulled across the R37, just outside Lyderburg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five trucks have been consumed by flames after petrol bombers attacked sleeping drivers yesterday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":104421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani 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